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What’s in Store at
RAIL LIVE 2018

Revolutionising Rail: UKRRIN Centres of Excellence

&       What does the EU-Japan Economic Partnership
        Agreement Mean for the Rail Industry?

                                            Rail Live – Issue Two 2018
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Letter from the Editor
                                                                             Dear Readers, timed perfectly for the start
                                                                             of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
                                                                             where it’s held Rail Live 2018 will take place
                                                                             at the Quinton Rail Technology Centre in                                                                 ANDREW LUSH
                                                                                                                                                                                            Director
                                                                             Warwickshire on 20–21 June.                                                                             al@railway-news.com

                                                                             As always there will be plenty to see and        feature What Does the EU-Japan                JOSEPHINE CORDERO SAPIÉN
                                                                             do. Vivarail, who are based at the               Economic Partnership Agreement                             Editor-in-chief
                                                                             technology centre and whose aim is to            Mean for the Rail Industry? The (revised)              jcs@railway-news.com
                                                                             produce low-cost, low-maintenance                WTO Government Procurement
                                                                             rolling stock, will exhibit their D-train, at    Agreement that came into force in 2014                 NICOLA BROWN
                                                                             Rail Live. Founded in just 2012, Vivarail        addresses government procurement for                      Head of Sales
                                                                             purchased London Underground D78                 goods and services based on openness,                  nb@railway-news.com
                                                                             stock in 2014 with the purpose of                transparency and non-discrimination.
                                                                             converting it into Class 230s. Last year’s       Up until now Japan has managed to                     AMBER GUy-KEMP
                                                                             Rail Live was the first time such a              keep its rail market closed despite the               Head of Client Content
                                                                             converted Class 230 carried passengers.          GPA. However the new agreement with                   agk@railway-news.com
                                                                             At this year’s Rail Live Vivarail will exhibit   the EU will change this, giving rail
                                                                             a battery version of its D-train, which will     industry suppliers on both sides greater
                                                                                                                                                                                       GUy RAyMENT
                                                                             once again give passenger rides.                 market access.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Graphic Design
                                                                             Rail Live will also feature a bi-mode            Our next issue, due to be published in
                                                                             traction display on which will run a             September 2018, will focus on                        ZOE CUNNINGHAM
                                                                             Direct Rail Services Class 88 locomotive         InnoTrans, held in Berlin at the trade fair              Editorial Assistant
                                                                             (see cover) and a Porterbrook Class 769          grounds Messe Berlin from 18–21                        zc@railway-news.com
                                                                             (formerly Class 319 Flex). The ROSCO             September. It is by far the biggest rail
                                                                             has taken its 319 electric multiple units        show in the world and is a must-attend                     KERI ALLAN
                                                                             and is converting them into tri- and bi-         event. If you are going and would like                     Features Writer
                                                                             mode electro-diesel multiple units.              to be represented in our magazine,
                                                                             Testing of the Class 769 is set to take          please contact Andrew Lush at                          A2B Global Media Ltd
                                                                             place at the GCR heritage railway. The           al@railway-news.com.                                        Third Floor
                                                                             Class 319 was made redundant due to                                                                       11–15 Dix’s Field
                                                                             the arrival of the Siemens class 700             Please enjoy our 2nd issue of 2018!                       Exeter EX1 1QA
                                                                             trains on the Thameslink network.                                                                         United Kingdom

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                                                                             Fraser Haynes’s editorial on page XX in
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                                                                 Arr         this publication.                                                Josephine Cordero Sapién,      COVER: Class 88 locomotive ‘Genesis’ © Hugh
                    learn more at phasorsolutio ons.com                                                                                                  editor-in-chief        Llewelyn under licence CC BY-SA 2.0
                                                                             I also want to draw your attention to the

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Quality. Choice. Service.
                                                                                                            Contents
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                                                                                                           p.15   What does the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Mean for the Rail Industry?

                                                                                                           p.22   Revolutionising Rail: UKRRIN Centres of Excellence
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                                                                                            Ductt graade   p.35   Big Change Is Coming Down the Line – The General Data Protection Regulation

                                                                                                           SUPPLIER NEWS
                                                                                                           p.26   Charcroft
                                                                                                                  Meeting the Power Supply Challenge for Rail Electronics

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                                                                  ackside signalling
                                                                           ignalling cable armoureed       p.18   Zonegreen
                                                                                                                  Zonegreen Reduces Third Rail Risk

                                                                                                           p.10   Goldschmidt Thermit Group
                                                                                                                  Products and Services for More Safety, Reliability and Availability of Your Railway Tracks from Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd

                                                                                                           p.30   Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.
                                                                                                                  Loram Around the World

           Interconnecting Cable for SSI Systems                                                           p.47   Parker
                                                                                                                  Choosing the Right Hose to Keep Your Train Design on Track

                                                                                                           p.38   Windhoff
    BT Cables has a range of cables approved forr,, amongst others, Network Rail’s stringent product              Windhoff to Supply Key Technology to ICE Plant in Cologne

  acceptance standard NR/PS/TEL/00015 in both PE and ZHLS. Full details are now available on the           p.42   GKD
PADS database reference PA05/06233.
                         PA05/06233. With market-leading supply chain capabilities and world-class                GKD Technologies Show SensorSafe Rail Range at Rail Live Exhibition, Including Brand New Safety Features

  manufacturing experience, we are the cable partner you can rely on for qualityy,, choice and service.
                    Our stock lists are available now online at www.btcables.com
                                                                                                           p.46 UPCOMING EVENTS
                                                                                                                  June 2018 – August 2018
BT Cables Limited, Delaunays Road,
Blackley, Manchesterr,, M9 8FP
T: 0161 741 2345
www.btcables.com

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What’s in Store at
RAIL LIVE 2018
RAIL LIVE 2018 will once again take place
at the Quinton Rail Technology Centre,
Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon,
on Wednesday/Thursday
June 20/21.

                                              Once again the show will retain all the
                                              ingredients that has made it so successful
                                              over the past five years.
                                              This year however the event will be similar to a major international air
                                              show in nature, just applied to the rail market. Exhibitors can do
                                              everything at RAIL LIVE 2018 that they could do at Birmingham's NEC
                                              or London’s Excel – with the unique added advantage of plenty of
                                              open-air space and adjacent tracks to both demonstrate rail
                                              plant/equipment (the traditional heart of RAIL LIVE) and exhibit
                                              passenger trains and other rail vehicles.

                                              A major feature at RAIL LIVE 2018 is the exhibition hall/convention
                                              centre – a 2,500 square metre high-quality climate-controlled
                                              temporary building in which exhibitors include: Hitachi, Eversholt,
                                              Talgo, Porterbrook, Office of Rail Regulation, National Skills Academy
                                              for Rail, Rail Delivery Group, High Speed 1, High Speed 2 and the Rail
                                              Safety & Standards Board (RSSB). This building will also house a 300-
                                              seat conference hall where the National Rail Convention will be
Vivarail D-train Class 230: licence CC0       staged. The opening keynote speech is due to be given at 10:30am

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into the show.                      • Working hydrogen locomotive • Bombardier Class
                                                                                                                               To register, go                       from the Institution of          345 ‘Aventra’ Elizabeth Line
                                                                                                                               to www.raillive.org.uk. Please        Mechanical Engineers’            (Crossrail) train, courtesy
                                                                                                                               note that this form registers you     RAILWAY CHALLENGE held           Transport for London.
                                                                                                                               for admission into both the RAIL      each year on the 10.25in gauge
                                                                                                                               LIVE 2018 main gate and the           Stapleford Miniature Railway,  • GBRF Class 66 Freight
                                                                                                                               NATIONAL RAIL CONVENTION in           Melton Mowbray                   locomotive
                                                                                                                               the exhibition building.
                                                                                                                                                                   • DRS Class 88 and Class 769      • BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE:
                                                                                                                                                                     EMU bi-mode ‘Flex’ (formerly      counter-terror, trespasser on
                                                                                                                               MAJOR FEATURES                        Class 319) conversion from
                                                                                                                                                                     Porterbrook/Wabtec.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       train roof removal and dog unit
                                                                                                                                                                                                       displays, including explosives
                                                                                                                               OF RAIL LIVE                                                            detection by ‘sniffer’ dog Mojo

                                                                            Interior of Class 345 (Crossrail): © Sunil060902
                                                                                                                               INCLUDE:                    • NETWORK RAIL survey
                                                                                                                                                             helicopter on display plus
                                                                                                                                                                                                       and Constable Phil Healy, from
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Manchester. Also, mobile
                                                                                                 under licence CC BY-SA 4.0
                                                                                                                                                             drone survey unit                         command unit/level crossing
                                                                                                                               • NATIONAL RAIL CONVENTION:
                                                                                                                                                             demonstrations.                           video camera vehicles open/on
                                                                                                                                                                                                       display.
                                                                                                                               • 0ver 300 exhibitors booked in
by Secretary of State for Transport   more than 1,000 vehicles,             (Porterbrook Flex Class 319                                                            • NETWORK RAIL Plain Line
                                                                                                                                 the exhibition building and
Chris Grayling. Other scheduled       encircled by a 3km continuous         conversion and a DRS Class 88                                                            Pattern Recognition (PLPR)      • Rail accident investigation
                                      test track with its own small         locomotive) plus Vivarail’s D train                  outside
speakers include BEIS Minister                                                                                                                                       high-definition video track       branch: incident response unit
Richard Harrington, RDG Chief         station and even a short section of   battery prototype, which will be                                                         survey train                      on display
Executive Paul Plummer, NR CEO        OLE. Several rail engineering and     giving passenger rides. You can                    • Major rail industry
Mark Carne, TfL Commissioner          maintenance companies are             even take a short ride behind                        companies exhibiting
Mike Brown, Urban Transport           based here, including Vivarail,       Britain’s only operational                           including: Network Rail,
Group Chairman Tobyn Hughes           whose workshops produce its           hydrogen-powered fuel cell                           Siemens, Porterbrook, Balfour
and many more. Full details can be    Class 230 diesel-electric and         locomotive and try your hand at                      Beatty, Talgo, Eversholt,
found at raillive.org                 prototype battery D trains, using     flying a drone.                                      Hitachi, SPl & CPL Powerlines
                                      refurbished former London
                                      Underground sub-surface trains.    But the heart and soul of RAIL                        • Plant demonstrations by
Including outside                     QRTC is the perfect location       LIVE continue to be its world-class                     Railcare Sweden, Balfour
stands, there will be                 for RAIL LIVE 2018.                plant exhibition/demonstrations,                        Beatty, AP Webb, GOS
                                                                                                                                 Engineering, Sandhurst Rail,
                                                                         pioneered successfully at Long
over 300 exhibitors.                There’s plenty of business interest Marston over the last five years.                        Ground Control, Engcon to
                                    and opportunity – but running        Network Rail and its senior                             name but a few
Railway magazines have partnered alongside this will be many             managers have always played a
with The Rail Alliance to develop   demonstrations/special features,     key role in RAIL LIVE and continue                    • Battery, bi-mode &
and enhance the established and     including tactical displays by 35    to do so. RAIL LIVE 2018 and the                        hydrogen motive power on
successful RAIL LIVE plant show,    British Transport Police officers; a associated NATIONAL RAIL                                display.
which occupies 120 acres of the     unique opportunity to examine        CONVENTION are open to all UK
ex-Ministry of Defence installation Network Rail’s survey helicopter; a rail industry professionals; there                     • Prototype Vivarail battery D
at Long Marston. QRTC has five      bi-mode traction display for both are no admission fees. It’s best to                        train on display/being                                                        Class 319: © Peter Skuce under
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         licence CC BY-SA 4.0
miles of sidings capable of storing passenger and freight                pre-register to ensure rapid entry                      demonstrated

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EFFICIENT TOOLS
                                                                                                                 AND MACHINES
                                                                                                                 FOR TRACK WORKS
                                                                                                                 Following along with our focus on
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                                                                                                                 Goldschmidt Thermit Group. The
                                                                                            SMARTWELD RECORD     RD 300 P enables quick and
                                                                                                                 precise drilling of the rail web,
                                                                                                                 allowing drilling times of 20 to 60
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                                                                                                                 comes equipped with an
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                                                                                                                 working of a rail engineer.

                                                                                                                 One of the latest devices,
                                                                                                                 pioneered by Thermit Welding
                                                                                                                 (GB), is the SMARTWELD ACE
                                                                                                                 (Accelerated Cooling Equipment)
                                                                                                                 that has been designed to
                                                                                                                 decrease the overall cooling time

Products and services for more safety,                                                                           of a weld. The SMARTWELD ACE is
                                                                                                                 a purpose-built battery-powered
                                                                                                                 water misting system, engineered
reliability and availability of your railway                                                                     to be placed on top of an
                                                                                                                 aluminothermic weld following

tracks from Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd                                                                             the shearing of the weld. By
                                                                                                                 removing a greater proportion of
                                                                                                                 the weld waste material (via the        Rail Drill RD 330 P
                                                                                                                 Gull wing shear blade) and then
Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd, part of
the Goldschmidt Thermit Group,
                                    GOLDSCHMIDT                          pressures. This is facilitated by the   applying a fine water mist to the
                                                                         SMARTWELD Application, part of
offers a wide range of new and      GOES DIGITAL                         the GOLDSCHMIDT DIGITAL APP,
innovative solutions to provide     A big priority in 2018 for Thermit
significant improvements all                                             with the data being stored to an
                                    Welding is to increase the use of
across the railways. From                                                android device with further
                                    digital solutions. The SMARTWELD
enhanced rail cooling devices to    RECORD is one such device that
                                                                         options to export the data to the
improvements in digital                                                  cloud. With devices such as the
                                    highlights our answer to this
monitoring of the weld process,                                          SMARTWELD RECORD digital weld
Thermit Welding and the whole       requirement for digitisation. The
Goldschmidt Thermit Group are       SMARTWELD RECORD allows for          inspection and automated weld
pioneering advancements to the      digital recording of the entire weld data gathering are no longer ideas
railways worldwide.                 process, including preheating        of the future.

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Track geometry
                                                                                                                 measurement system
                                                                                                                 with laser-based rail
                                                                                                                 profile measurement

 Road-rail vehicle LRD 18 TCC

cooling weld approximately 15         overhead lines, bridges & tunnels
minutes can be saved per weld.        and welding as well as cranes &
Thanks to careful development         rescue applications. We can also
and testing Thermit Welding can       offer special road-rail vehicles in
guarantee that this time-saving       modular construction, with heavy
method will have no effect on the     cranes and trolleys and road
high quality that a THERMIT® weld     vehicles for different applications.
is known for. Further to this, cost
savings are also possible with this
device as it allows for more
                                      RAIL MEASURING
welds to take place in given          SYSTEMS FROM
possession times.
                                      GRAW
                                    GRAW, the latest member of the
ROAD-RAIL                           Goldschmidt Thermit Group
VEHICLES:                           specialises in the development
                                    and production of computer-
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THE TRACKS                          and for the rolling stock wheels.
The road-rail vehicles from the     They manufacture portable                     Please visit us at our booth E21 at Rail Live to
Swedish group company SRS           devices and also develop real-                get more information on our product range
Sjölanders AB can be used both      time systems for track geometry               and see our products demonstrated live.
on rail and on the road and are     vehicles as well as stationary
custom-made to meet your needs wheel geometry systems.
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are available for the installation, analysis and storage of                       Fax +44 (0) 1708 553806
inspection and maintenance of       measurement data.                             info@thermitwelding.co.uk

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Visit Parker at
         InnoTrans 2018

                                                                                                What Does the EU-Japan
                                                                                                Economic Partnership
                                                                                                Agreement Mean for the
                                                                                                Rail Industry?
                                                       Reduce procurement & logistics
                                                                                                After four years of negotiations, the EU-Japan
                 On track for reliability              costs by sourcing multiple               Free Trade Agreement is now in the final stages
                      and performance                  requirements for both freight
                                                       and passenger vehicles from              of ratification, with both sides aiming to bring
                                                       a single supplier
                                                                                                the trade deal into force by early 2019.     By Keri Allan

                                                                                                The overall object of this          Agreement (GPA) has allowed          for public contracts, and also
                                                                                                agreement is to increase trade      certain entities in Japan not to     complex customer-supplier
                                                                                                flows between the EU and Japan,     abide by GPA procurement rules.      relationship requirements, which
                                                                                                and once concluded, it will open    The EU-Japan deal is set to          favour domestic bidders.
                                                                                                up huge market opportunities for    change this.
                                                                                                both sides.                                                               In addition, new bidders are often
Parker offers the broadest range of technologies, enabling our partners to                                                         Currently, only 3.5% of public         put off by the requirement that
                                                                                                One of the big winners will be the procurement in Japan comes             suppliers must be able to
source a multitude of requirements from a single supplier.
                                                                                                European rail industry, thanks to  from foreign firms, in part down to demonstrate past experience
Could you benefit from working with Parker’s dedicated transportation team?
                                                                                                changes pushed through around      difficulties foreign suppliers face in working in the Japanese market.
We’re ready to take your challenges from concept to reality; addressing                         public procurement – in particular the Japanese procurement
performance, application weight and space.                                                      the Operational Safety Clause      market. This includes extensive        “Japan is one of the major world
                                                                              rail@parker.com
Visit us at Innotrans 2018                                                    parker.com/rail   (OSC). This OSC in the WTO         use of the OSC to exclude foreign rail markets and can therefore
                                                                                                Government Procurement             suppliers from being able to bid       offer major business opportunities

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and non-discriminatory treatment European Commission of those                 “We have been cutting all
                                                                                                                               of European rail suppliers.”     commitments.”                                administrative blockages and
                                                                                                                                                                                                             using all resources,” Mauro
                                                                                                                               Concerns have been raised             Trade relationships look set to         Petriccione, the EU’s chief
                                                                                                                               regarding the recent privatisation    greatly improve between Europe          negotiator with Japan, said at a
                                                                                                                               of some Japan’s most important        and Japan with the arrival of this      recent press conference.
                                                                                                                               rail operators – Japan Rail (JR)      new free trade agreement and
                                                                                                                               East, JR Central and JR West, with    businesses in the EU and Japan
                                                                                                                                                                                                             However, with the UK keen to
                                                                                                                               further privatisations expected to    are keen to take advantage of this
                                                                                                                                                                                                             strike its own trade deals it is set to
                                                                                                                               follow. This is because they bring    agreement.
                                                                                                                               the operators concerned formally                                              leave the EU’s Single Market and
                                                                                                                               outside of the scope of both the      One current EU Member State,            Customs Union. The UK has said it
                                                                                                                               GPA and upcoming free trade           however, faces uncertainty. With        would like to copy and paste the
                                                                                                                               agreement because their               Brexit still looming, where does        deal with Japan after that, but the
                                                                       JR East train: © Yuichi Kosio under licence CC BY 2.0   purchases no longer fall under the    this leave the UK?                      Financial Times reports that Japan
                                                                                                                               definition of ‘public procurement’.                                           wants a better deal. The
                                                                                                                               But, as one EU official explains,     The UK won’t automatically get          newspaper writes that “while the
                                                                                                                               these new companies have              access to the EU’s existing deals       UK is hoping to duplicate the
for the European rail supply           Nguyen. “This will apply within       together and remove regulatory                    committed to honour open and          after it exits in March 2019, but in    wide-ranging access embodied in
industry. Nevertheless, foreign        one year of when the agreement        trade barriers,” they explain.                    fair procurement policies.            this particular case Japan has said     the Japan-EU trade pact,
penetration on the Japanese rail       comes into force. In exchange the                                                                                             it wishes the EU deal to apply to
market remains low, especially         EU has granted Japanese               So what does this all really mean                                                                                               Japanese officials are hardening
                                                                                                                               “To alleviate this [issue], the JR    the UK during the transition
with respect to rolling stock,” says   suppliers partial access to the       for the European rail industry?                                                                                                 against offering an identical deal
                                                                                                                               companies have – on their own         period, which is set to run until
Jonathan Nguyen, Public Affairs        European railways procurement         Well, essentially it comes down to                                                                                              to a much smaller economy”.
                                                                                                                               initiative –made public               December 2020. It does mean
Manager at the Association of          market.”                              EU companies being able to                                                                                                      Railway industry suppliers in the
                                                                                                                               statements emphasising their          that the EU-Japan deal must be in
the European Rail Industry                                                   participate in procurement bids in                commitment to open and                place before the UK formally exits      EU27 can look forward to greater
UNIFE.                                 Japan has also agreed to accept       Japan on an equal footing with                    competitive procurement               the EU in March 2019. As a result       access to the Japanese market in
                                       an exchange of letters on railways    domestic businesses.                              procedures as part of their           the lead negotiators from both          the near future. Those in the UK
“Although some European                – covering the Railway Industrial                                                       business philosophy,” they            sides have said that it is a high       might be able to enjoy the
manufacturers have managed to          Dialogue and the Technical            “Progress was already achieved in                 explain. “The Government of           priority to get it in force before      benefits of the EPA for a while, but
enter the Japanese rail market on      Expert Group on Railways –            2014 with the ‘one-year package’                  Japan has formally informed the       then.                                   for them the future is uncertain.
niches, mostly at the component        cementing the current co-             of measures on railways, which
level, the wide majority of            operation between the two sides       were helpful to begin increasing
European suppliers encounter           to the free trade agreement.          transparency in procurement and
major hurdles hampering their                                                facilitating market penetration by
access to the market. There are        “Both initiatives, which were         European suppliers. Nevertheless,
several reasons for that, the most     already launched while the            more needed to be done to level
important being the OSC, which         negotiations were still ongoing,      the playing field. This is why we
has effectively enabled Japanese       will continue in the future,” says    welcomed the long-awaited
public entities not to procure in a    an EU official. “The success of the   announcement of the removal of
transparent, non-discriminatory        Railway Industry Dialogue will        the OSC,” says Nguyen.
manner.”                               depend on the willingness of
                                       European companies to engage    “[But] to ensure a level-playing
The EU-Japan talks have led to an      with the process.               field on respective markets, it is
agreement in principle that                                            now key to ensure that
provides EU rail suppliers with     “Japanese railways operators have commitments made by Japan are
better access to contracts put out  a genuine interest in EU products, actually enforced and result in
for tender in by Japan’s central,   but that interest is very much     changes in business practices,” he
regional and local governments by   focused on innovative cutting-     adds. “A strong and dedicated
removing the OSC.                   edge products. The Technical       method to monitor rail
                                    Expert Group will continue         procurement should be set up. It
“The effect of this agreement is to working on technical standards,    is also crucial that private or non-
exempt European firms from the      which will help bring the EU and   covered entities abide by codes of                                                                                      French Eurostar: © Matthew Black under licence CC BY-SA 2.0
application of the OSC,” says       Japanese industries closer         conduct to guarantee transparent

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ZONEGREEN
                                           The quantity of third rails in the    Zonegreen, the Sheffield-based     the 1930s using the third rail
                                           southeast of the UK is greater than   rail safety specialists, are using system and much of this
                                           in any other area of the country      their considerable industry        infrastructure remains today.
                                           and according to the Network Rail     experience and expertise to tackle Indeed, some older depots still do

reduces third
                                           Electrical Power Asset Policy         the issue.                         not have safe external walkways or
                                                                                                                    adequate lighting, making for
                                           (December 2012) “it contributes    Christian Fletcher, Zonegreen’s       challenging working conditions in
                                           almost eight times more (than the  technical director, said: “The safest yards alongside the third rail.
                                           AC network) to overall risks on theway to protect personnel is to        Consequently, accidents are far

rail risk
                                           railway”.                          keep them away from areas of          more likely to occur.
                                                                              risk. It is estimated by the BBC that
                                                                              the costs involved in converting
                                           In this day and age, the idea that
                                                                              the  third rail system to overhead
                                                                                                                      What can and is
                                           bare, live conductors of 750 volts
                                           run through our places of work at lines would be in excess of £17          being done to
                                                                              billion, so clearly, more viable
All railways are dangerous, but some       ground level is hard to
                                           comprehend, yet these are exactly
                                                                              measures are necessary.”
                                                                                                                      improve safety?
                                                                                                                    The Office of Rail and Road’s

railways are more dangerous than others.   the dangers facing depot
                                           operatives.
                                                                              The railway in the southeast was      (ORR) policy states: “Where
                                                                              one of the first to be electrified in existing third rail needs to

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continue being operated,              automating manual points, has       Christian Fletcher added: “To help
maintained and renewed, the rail      also been designed to increase      reduce the risks inherent in third
industry must ensure continuous       safety in rail depots and can be    rail areas, it is vital to have properly
improvements in the design,           used to reduce the dangers          engineered systems that can play
operation and maintenance of          associated with the third rail.     a major role in protecting depot
such electrical systems.”                                                 staff. By applying our ability and
                                      Points Converters are fitted
Traditional safety measures, for      retrospectively to existing manual technology to the issue, we can
example the use of protection         hand points and can be controlled help to prevent personal injury
boards and written procedures,        either by key switches located in a and the associated costly
are still commonplace in depots       position  of safety, remote         damages.”
today. However, both of these         handsets or a central computer
manual systems are open to            system. This allows the point to be For the foreseeable future, the
human error and do still lead to      operated remotely, without          third rail is here to stay. Its removal
fatalities among depot workers,       putting people in harm’s way.       would mean converting 2,500
resulting in untold grief for family                                      miles of track, a new fleet of trains
members and colleagues and            The innovative system removes
                                                                          and the reconstruction of depots,
huge fines for their employers.       the need for shunters to traverse
                                                                          bridges, tunnels and stations.
                                      potentially long distances to reach
Evidently, there is a need for better
                                      manual points, at all times of the
employee safeguards.                                                      The ORR Strategy for Regulation
                                      day and night. In areas where
                                                                          of Health and Safety Risks in May
Zonegreen is leading a two-           there is potentially poor lighting,
                                      ballast and uneven surfaces, the    2017 called for “safety
pronged attack on the risks
                                      dangers of contact with the third   improvements in yards, depots
associated with third rails to
                                                                          and sidings, in particular in relation
improve protection for workers at rail are heightened and ever
rail depots via its Interlocking and present.                             to electrical risks”. Overall, the
Points Converter systems.                                                 best way to protect people from
                                      Points Converter is a low-cost,     the harm the third rail can cause is
                                      easy to use system that maintains to keep them away from it. Thanks
The basic role of interlocking is to
                                      the integrity of the underlying
protect personnel and equipment                                           to Zonegreen, life-saving solutions
                                      hand point and requires only
from the dangers posed by live                                            that embody these requirements
                                      minimal civil works and changes
traction power supplies.                                                  are readily available.
                                      to operating procedures. Routes
Zonegreen’s system works by
                                      can be pre-set through multiple
inhibiting the use of third-party                                         For more information about
                                      points, which can be reconfigured
equipment until the third rail has                                        Zonegreen’s interlocking and
                                      or upgraded at any time and an
been isolated, through a              event logging facility is           Points Converter systems,
combination of mechanical keys        incorporated, to enable the depot telephone (0114) 230 0822, email
and electronic contacts. Areas of     manager to keep a record of all     info@zonegreen.co.uk or visit
risk are fenced off and access is     points operation.                   www.zonegreen.co.uk
controlled using interlocked gates,
a method that is routinely seen in
depots where staff are protected
from live overhead lines.

This type of system is particularly
beneficial on stabling roads, where
operations such as cleaning and
sanding are completed. Workers
are often required to walk in and
around the six-foot space
alongside the third rail, putting
them at considerable risk.

The Zonegreen Points Converter,
an innovative method of

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REVOLUTIONISING
                                        These institutions develop their
                                        own research programmes, but
                                        collaboration between centres
                                        and with industry is also vital for

RAIL: UKRRIN CENTRES
                                        the successful testing and, if
                                        appropropriate, implementation of
                                        their ideas and recommendations.
                                        The UK Rail Research and
                                        Innovation Network (UKRRIN) is

OF EXCELLENCE                           one of several organisations
                                        around the world which facilitates
                                        these exchanges thanks to four
                                        Centres of Excellence around the
                                        country involving eight
                                        universities. The network officially

Railway research is a major
                                        opened in April 2018 and
                                        welcomes approaches from
                                        interested parties. In this article
area of research in engineering,        Nailah Fraser Haynes tells Railway-
                                        News what her organisation does

management and policy                   and why it will ‘revolutionise’
                                        innovation in the rail industry.

around the world. There are             Railway-News (RN):
                                        What is the UKRRIN,
dedicated centres in                    and why do we
universities in the USA,                need it?
                                        Nailah Fraser Haynes (NFH): In
UK and Europe.                          2017 the Rail Supply Group (RSG)
                                        launched a strategy setting out its
                                        desire to strengthen and develop
                                        the UK rail supply sector. ‘Fast
                                        Track to the Future’ detailed a plan
                                        to create a network of world-class
                                        Centres of Excellence at different
                                        universities around the UK to
                                        overcome the dreaded valley of
                                        death, and accelerate the uptake
                                        of innovation research and
                                        development, allowing projects to
                                        be brought to market more
                                        quickly and effectively.

                                        These Centres of Excellence were
                                        selected following a request for
                                        proposals to support a bid for
                                        Higher Education Funding Council
                                        for England (HEFCE) Research
                                        Partnership Investment Fund
                                        (RPIF) funding. A process which
                                        was facilitated by the Rail
                                        Research UK Association (RRUKA)

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bringing new technologies and          The vision is for the centre as a     The vision for the CERS is to          including 25Kv OLE and 3rd/4th
                                                                          products developed through             resource to provide the rail          provide the facilities and expertise   DC, crossings, embankments,
                                                                          collaborative academic research        industry with access to some of       required to allow the railway          tunnels, bridges, jointed and
                                                                          into market applications globally.     the most up-to-date test facilities   industry to develop innovative         continuously-welded track, a
                                                                                                                                                       products and processes to ensure
                                                                                                                 anywhere in the world, cutting-                                              loop, telecom innovation lab,
                                                                          CENTRES OF                             edge methods for field tests and
                                                                                                                                                       that the rolling stock of the future
                                                                                                                                                                                              systems performance simulation
                                                                                                                                                       meet the needs of passengers and
                                                                          ExCELLENCE                             measurements, and a broad base        freight customers.                     testing, instrumentation services,
                                                                          Centre of Excellence                   of internationally recognised                                                and mechanical fabrication for
                                                                                                                 scientists and engineers with                                                prototyping.
                                                                          in Digital Systems                     significant experience in the rail
                                                                                                                                                       Centre of
                                                                          (CEDS)                                 industry.                             Excellence in                          The vision for the CET is to
                                                                          This centre is led by Professor                                              Testing (CET)                          accelerate adoption and

on behalf of RSG. The fund is      This is where UKRRIN comes in.
                                                                          Clive Roberts at the University of
                                                                          Birmingham. It aims to deliver a
                                                                                                                 Centre of                             Led by Network Rail’s Rail             transformational change in rail
                                                                                                                                                       Innovation Development Centre          systems technology, and new
designed to support investment in Launched with a parliamentary           step-change in rail transport          Excellence in                         (RIDC) Programme Manager               railway products and services.
higher education research          reception in February, UKRRIN is a through digital technology and
facilities and aims to:            ground-breaking partnership            has four key themes: Future            Rolling Stock (CERS)                  Amanda Mackie, the Centre of           This centre will link with others in
                                                                                                                                                       Excellence in Testing (CET) aims       the UK Rail Research and
                                   between the rail industry and eight Railway Operations and Control;           Led by Professor Simon Iwnicki at     to help accelerate the adoption        Innovation Network to provide a
                                   universities to bring the rail         Data Integration and                   the University of Huddersfield, the
• Enhance the research facilities                                                                                                                      and transformational change in         ‘one stop shop’ for testing and
                                   industry four new world-class          Cybersecurity; Smart Monitoring        Centre of Excellence in Rolling
  of higher education institutions Centres of Excellence covering:                                                                                     rail systems technology, and new
                                                                          and Autonomous Systems; and                                                                                         trialling, and we will support the
  (HEIs) undertaking world-                                                                                      Stock (CERS) is a group of three      railway products and services.
                                   rolling stock, infrastructure, digital Introducing Innovation. The CEDS                                                                                    ‘Four C’s’ of the Rail Technical
  leading research                                                                                               universities bringing together
                                   systems and testing. Seventeen         is becoming the ‘go to’ facility for                                         It incorporates access to existing     Strategy, and in particular Key
                                                                                                                 expertise and facilities from the
                                   industrial partners have come          the integration and verification of                                          at-scale test facilities, including    Capability 12 in the Rail Technical
                                   together and are part of the           digital technologies across all of     University of Huddersfield,
• Encourage strategic                                                                                                                                  those provided by Network Rail         Strategy Capability Delivery Plan.
                                   UKRRIN    network   including          these themes and with the              Loughborough University and
  partnerships between HEIs and                                                                                                                        RIDCs (in Melton and Tuxford),
                                   Siemens, Unipart Rail, Railway         Introducing Innovation theme, will     Newcastle University.
  other organisations active in                                                                                                                        Transport for London (Acton &       The development of UKRRIN
                                   Industry  Association,  British Steel  be able to work from Technology                                              Stratford), and Quinton Rail
  research                                                                                                                                                                                 provides a clear map of UK rail
                                   and many more. The network             Readiness Level 1 right through to     The CERS will meet the current        Technology Centre (Long
                                                                          market introduction.                                                                                             expertise and facilities, with a
                                   builds on the achievements of its                                             and future demands of the GB rail     Marston).
• Stimulate additional                                                                                                                                                                     model which focuses on the
                                   predecessors RRUK and RRUKA                                                   industry for research and
  investment in HE research        and brings the UK rail sector the      Centre of                              innovation to support the next      Capabilities across the CET testing selected centres of excellence
• Strengthen the contribution of means to provide a step-change                                                                                      and trialling facilities include high and includes partners and
  the research base to economic in research, development and
                                                                          Excellence in                          generation of railway vehicles. It
                                                                                                                                                     and low-speed facilities for vehicle affiliates able to support delivery
                                                                                                                 will link with other centres in the
  growth.                          innovation with a focus on             Infrastructure (CEI)                   UKRRIN network to provide a ‘one and infrastructure testing               in key areas.
                                                                          CEI is led by Professor William        stop shop’ for all rolling stock
                                                                          Powrie at the University of
                                                                                                                 development providing the
                                                                          Southampton. It aims to create
                                                                          high-performance, low-                 following high-quality research
                                                                          maintenance railway infrastructure     and world-class testing facilities:
                                                                          through research and innovation
                                                                          and will integrate the specialist      • The Traction Drivetrain and
                                                                          centres for railway infrastructure       Braking Facility
                                                                          research in the UK with the
                                                                          industrial base and network            • The Pantograph Interaction
                                                                          operators. It will provide               Dynamics Facility
                                                                          straightforward access to leading
                                                                          researchers and facilities, to
                                                                                                                 • The Virtual Train Design Lab
                                                                          generate practical improvements
                                                                          in the performance and whole-life
                                                                          cost of railway infrastructure and     • The Maintenance Reliability
                                                                          accelerate innovation from               and Passenger Interaction
                                                                          research into practice.                  Facility

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MTM Power’s patented thermoselective vacuum encapsulation process

     Meeting the Power
     Supply Challenge
     for Rail Electronics
     Supplying power to electronic systems
     in the rail industry means overcoming
     extreme environmental and operational
     challenges. It is no surprise, therefore,
     that power supplies can often be the
     cause of system failures, as Charcroft’s
     Chris Leek, explains.

     Specifying a power supply for use
     in the rail industry goes beyond
     meeting the standard form, fit and
     function of conventional
     electronic systems. The chosen
     unit must withstand
     environmental factors such as
     shock and vibration as well as dirt
     and other contaminants. It must
     also operate reliably in the
     presence of high transient
     voltages. If the supply is not
     rugged enough, any one of these
     factors could result in a system
                                            Inside a power supply with thermoselective vacuum encapsulation
     failure.

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Withstanding                        to provide the external
                                    connections to the PCB. Three
Transients                          variants of the supply were being
For one OEM, the cause of an        used to cover the required input
intermittent failure of the door    voltages of 24V, 72V and 100V.
control system on passenger         To address the issues with
rolling stock had been identified   reliability, Charcroft
as high transient voltages. The     recommended replacing the
power supply unit’s (PSU) reaction enclosed, open-frame unit with an
to the transient voltages was so    MTM Power PCMDS150WK-IP65
extreme that some of the units      supply, which combines
had ignited on the PCB. Finding a thermoselective vacuum
replacement unit, however,          encapsulation with IP65 sealing.
proved to be a challenge.           The thermoselective vacuum
                                    encapsulation process provides an
After discussions with the OEM’s    alternative to filling PSUs with
engineers, Charcroft suggested      resin. In this patented process, the
replacing the original units with a components within the PSU are
PMDS30 110S24U-VT, DC-DC            thoroughly cleaned to remove
converter, from MTM Power. The debris such as grease or soldering
new unit’s ultra-wide, 33–154V      fluxes. The components are then
DC input range would protect the dried and pre-heated before being
electronics from transients and     encapsulated under vacuum
ensure a fully isolated and         conditions. The result is a solid
regulated supply to the             encapsulation which provides
equipment. To match the             extreme resistance to both shock
mounting arrangements of the        and vibration. The inseparable
original unit, Charcroft arranged   cemented joint between the
for MTM to supply a modified pin- potting material and the
                                                                                                                                                                                                    The standard PCMDS150-IP67 unit
mounted converter, fitted to the    components also means that the                                                                                                                                               includes IP67 sealing
PCB with input and output           unit can withstand humidity,
connectors in the existing          condensation and high isolation
arrangement. This modification to voltages. It also eliminates the
the mounting configuration          need to allow for air and creepage
allowed the failing PSUs to be      distances during the design
swapped out for the new units
                                    process.
during the normal maintenance
programme.                          Reliability is enhanced because
                                    factors such as ageing, rapid
Solving Reliability                 temperature changes, heat, cold
                                    and other environmental
Issues                              influences do not result in
A failing power supply was the      delamination, cracking or air
cause of another OEM’s reliability pockets, which can potentially
issues with an on-board train       lead to failure. The elimination of
                                                                           reset, operating independently of
                                                                           the 12V board net. The built-in
                                                                                                                Improved Reliability                   enclose the original open-frame
                                                                                                                                                       unit, and a reduction in the
                                                                                                                                                                                            Finding a power supply to
                                                                                                                                                                                            withstand the dirt, contamination,
protection and warning system       electrolyte loss from electrolytic     heat-sink also eliminated the need   at Reduced Cost                        number of inventory lines.           vibration, shock and high transient
(TPWS). The original units met the capacitors also helps to support a
                                                                           for external cooling fans, which     In addition to solving the reliability Whereas three different units were   voltages in the rail environment
system’s electrical and mechanical longer system lifetime.
specifications, but reliability                                            can often be a risk factor in the    issues, the PCMDS150WK-IP65            needed to meet the 24V, 72V and
                                                                                                                                                                                            can be challenge. But it is a
problems began to appear soon       To enhance reliability even further,   failure of power supplies. MTM       supply was also able to provide a      100V input voltages, the
                                                                                                                                                                                            challenge which can often be
after the unit went into operation. the standard off-the-shelf unit        Power carried out full testing of    20% reduction in the overall cost      PCMDS150WK-IP65’s nominal
                                                                           on the customised supply for         of each unit. This cost reduction      voltage options of 24V (16.8V–       addressed by the combination of a
The specified open-frame power      was fitted with a secondary circuit
supply had been enclosed in a       with fully independent isolation       compliance to EN50155 and            was achieved through the               33.6V) and 110V (50.4V–154V)         rugged power supply, supported
metal case, for protection against and regulation. This modification       EN50121-3-2 before delivery to       combination of eliminating the         covered all three input voltages     by the skills of a specialist
dirt and contamination, with wires provided a 40V rail for use as a        the OEM.                             hand-assembly required to              with just two variants.              distributor. www.charcroft.com

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Loram Around
         The people. Th
                      he products. The
                                   T   process.
    A maintenance partnership
                      t       that goes
                                   g    the distan
                                                 nce
                                                 nce.

                                                                                                                                                         The World
                                                                                                                                                         Located in Hamel, Minnesota, USA, Loram
                                                                                                                                                         Maintenance of the Way, Inc. (Loram) is
                                                                                                                                                         a leading supplier of track maintenance
                                                                                                                                                         machinery.
                                                                                                                                                         Founded in 1954, we built our
                                                                                                                                                         business on helping railway
                                                                                                                                                         companies preserve their lines by
                                                                                                                                                         manufacturing machines that
                                                                                                                                                         bring maintenance to the rail. With
                                                                                                                                                         over 60 years in the rail industry,
                                                                                                                                                         Loram is recognised as the
                                                                                                                                                         industry leader in rail grinding,
                                                                                                                                                         offering a wide range of products
                                                                                                                                                         to serve all facets of the railroad
                                                                                                                                                         market. Beyond our expansive
                                                                                                                                                         offerings, Loram’s unmatched
                                                                                                                                                         industry expertise can fulfil any
                                                                                                                                                         specialisation to satisfy the most
                                                                                                                                                         difficult requirements. Our
                                                                                                                                                         product depth and ability to
                                                                                                                                                         respond to customer needs
                                                                                                                                                         continue to drive strong product
                                                                                                                                                         demand both domestically and
                                                                                                                                                         globally.

                                                                                                                                                         With 125 machines in 16 countries,    a catalogue machine that does          such as Great Britain and
                                                                                                                                                         Loram has developed the               not fully meet the customer’s          Germany. These features afford
With 60 years of industry leadership, railroads worldwide rely on LORAM® people, products,
                                                                                                                                                         expertise to grind on heavy haul,     needs.
equipment and tracck maintenance services. We are comm    mitted to the safety of your operation,                                                        freight, transit, commuter, and                                              customers detailed records of the
extending the life of rail assets and increasing operationaal efficiency.                                                                                short line railroads. Incorporating   Loram’s rail grinders feature state-   grinding and rail performance in
                                                                                                                                                         high-power, flexible grinding         of-the-art quality assurance tools     order to follow the life-cycle of
THE GLOBAL LEAD
              DER IN MAINTENANCE OF WAY SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT LORAM.COM
                                     AY SERVICES                       M
                                                                                                                                                         modules with patented control         and software programs that allow
                                                                                                    SPEED PERFORMANCE RELIABILITY
                                                                                                                               TY                                                                                                     their rail, and assist in managing
RAIL GRINDING • BALLLAST MAINTENANCE • OEM • FRICTION MANAGEMENT
                                                      M          • PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
                                                                                                                                                         systems, Loram rail grinders offer    proof of performance compliance
                                                                                                                                                         the industry’s leading technologies   with the most stringent rail           the overall rail maintenance
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                                                                                                                                                         and the most choices rather than      grinding standards in countries        planning.

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metal, all while removing as little
                                                                                                                                                       This process is refined by             metal as is required at the fastest
                                                                                                                                                       continuing to study the                speeds possible. Less metal
                                                                                                                 avoidance, surface finish or noise deterioration of rail and causes for removed artificially through
                                                                                                                 impact the selection of the           variation, incorporating those         grinding leaves more of the rail
                                                                                                                 optimal grind stone from Loram’s findings into the decision-making head and extends the life of the
                                                                         option on the market coupled            grind stone offerings. This           process. Numerous test sites are       rail, provided adequate metal is
                                                                         with a robustness that makes this       program is then downloaded into       evaluated   along   with  vast amounts removed to accomplish the
                                                                         product an attractive option for all    the rail grinder. The grinding itself of data collected from every Class objective. Precision is required to
                                    compare and has led to strong        customers.                              is computer-controlled and            I railway in North America.            ensure this is the case. Less metal
                                    demand on many Heavy Haul                                                    regularly calibrated to ensure        Refinements     in the grind  plan     removal required allows even
                                    Railways in North and South          Ensuring accuracy of the grinding       accuracy. The horsepower of the development process continue to faster speeds, fewer passes, less
Loram offers a complete line of                                          process starts with a good pre-                                               improve the ability to achieve the time spent in a block and a lower
                                    America and Australia. For                                                   grind motors adjusts to any
grinders to tackle both the large                                        inspection. This practice also          variations in the machine speed to profiling and metal removal               cost per track kilometer. Speeds
                                    Specialty Grinding needs, the RGS
and the small jobs, from heavy      Series is the most productive        optimises the deployment and            maintain a consistent metal           objectives at the maximum              will continue to be limited by the
haul and short line railroads to    machine on the market that allows    remediation activities on track. Rail   removal rate. The grinders all        efficiency.                            need to provide precise profiling
transit lines and subway systems,   customers to optimise                profiles are measured in a rail         feature an on-board profile                                                  of the rail as well as line of sight
from mountains to tunnels.          productivity, reduce cost, and
Loram’s product offerings include: increase asset life of switches and
                                                                         inspection vehicle, comparing
                                                                         results to a pre-determined
                                                                                                                 measurement system to check           Continuous                             braking requirements for machine
                                                                                                                                                                                              operation.
                                                                                                                 compliance to the optimal profile
RG 400 Series – Heavy Haul, C       crossing rail. In markets with       optimal template. The profiling         along with a dual encoder             Evolution
21/44 Series – International, RGI – restrictive clearance and axle       needs are combined with a depth         location system. Features exist for As traffic density continues to          As customer focus is one of
International, RGS – Specialty, and weight, the Loram RGI Series and     of cut as a result of an assessment     a GPS system, in addition to the      increase, it is critical to get the    Loram’s five core values, Loram
the L Series –                      C44 Series are designed with the     of surface condition to develop a       dual encoders, that automatically work done as efficiently as                provides the resources necessary
Mobile/Specialty/Transit. One of    latest technology to satisfy the     grind plan, including speeds, grind     selects the proper template based possible. Loram foresees                   for listening to our customers’
Loram’s most successful products most restrictive precision grinding     motor locations and number of           on the machine’s track location.      continued movement toward              needs and then delivers the ideal
has been the 400 Series Grinder,    needs. The L Series Grinder is the   passes required. Specific customer      The grind and profile data is stored precision in achieving the desired solution. Loram has partnered
which offers value beyond           most productive “truckable”          requirements such as obstacle           and available for future reference. profile and removing the fatigued with our customers to develop

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Big Change Is Coming
                                                                                                                 Down the Line –
                                                                                                                 The General Data
                                                                                                                 Protection Regulation
new rail grinding product offerings performance equipment, the right       exceed your expectations. Loram’s
and strategies.                     maintenance practices,                 asset management team, which is
                                    knowledgeable personnel, and           made up of recognised technical
Railroads have historically worked progressive training and safety         experts in the rail grinding
production and specialty rail       practices to produce reliable
                                                                           industry, produce customised
grinders separately, but Loram      services. Loram strives for 98%
collaborated with its customer to reliability (shift uptime) in all our    grind plans using Rail Inspection
challenge the status quo, which     services, and we closely monitor       Vehicles and then measure the
resulted in a joint rail grinding   reliability statistics to assess and   result to ensure a quality grind.
strategy. This new strategy allows aggressively address any
the production and specialty rail   downtime issues.
                                                                           Loram’s operations team consists
                                                                           of trained and experienced
                                                                                                                 The General Data Protection
grinders to work simultaneously in
the same track window, blend
                                    The Future of Rail
                                                                           technicians, operators,
                                                                           maintainers and managers to keep
                                                                                                                 Regulation (GDPR) represents a
grind zones for a continuous rail
profile and retain preventive
gradual grind cycles for mainline
                                    Grinding
                                    Loram allocates a significant
                                                                           your grinding program on
                                                                           schedule.                             seismic shift in the way businesses
rail and specialty track assets.    amount of resources to research
Loram’s RG400 Series production and develop new processes and              Loram fully understands that while    are allowed to process data.
rail grinders and 24-stone RGS      technologies to advance the            carloads, tonnage and passenger
specialty rail grinders are the key effectiveness and efficiency of our    density continue to increase, track
to joint rail grinding success. As  equipment. Loram’s continuous          time is shrinking, and Loram’s line
these machines provide industry- improvement efforts help us offer
                                                                           of rail grinders includes multiple
leading productivity and            the most innovative and
efficiency, the RG400 is typically                                         options that take into
                                    productive equipment, ensuring
able to grind a single high-speed                                          consideration these
                                    safe, effective, and efficient
pass while the RGS is able to       operation for our customers.           circumstances by offering the
follow and complete any             In addition to our rail grinding       most innovative and most
additional mainline grinding and    products, Loram maintains              productive machines in the world
grind the specialty track assets.   concentrated efforts in rail           accompanied by Loram’s world-
Multiple railroads have             grinding services. All equipment       class rail grinding technologies,
incorporated joint rail grinding,   and services needed to plan,           processes and people. These
and they are seeing decreased       perform, maintain, and measure
pass kilometer to track kilometer                                          options allow railway customers
                                    your entire rail grinding business
ratio and double the amount of      are handled directly by Loram.         to continue to extend rail life,
specialty track assets ground       Loram’s extensive engineering          improve the wheel and rail
annually. This model can be         team of over 90 engineers ensures      interaction, reduce defect rates,
directly applied to Loram C44 and that our equipment is designed to        and reduce rail failure incidents.
RGI rail grinders for international
customers with reduced clearance
and axle weight requirements.

It takes a blend of high                                                                                         © Dennis van der Heijden under licence CC BY 2.0

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group companies for example.          4. Ensured your customer-facing        who understands data
                                                                                    This contract review tends to be         agreements, employment              protection and can deal with
                                                                                    one of the biggest pieces of a           contracts, policies etc. have       queries as they arrive.
                                                                                    GDPR compliance programme.               been updated and are
                                                                                    Any idea that GDPR is simply an IT       compliant.                        9. Ensured that all new projects
                                                                                    problem or an HR problem alone                                                (including software, builds, use
                                                                                    is missing the bigger picture.        5. Considered deleting data that        of third party suppliers, etc.)
                                                                                    IT does have an important part to        cannot be cleansed to make it        are built with “privacy in
                                                                                    play and it is essential that all        compliant.                           design”. This needs to be
                                                                                    systems are compliant. It is also                                             documented in the same way
                                                                                    essential that the legal agreements
                                                                                                                          6. Ensured staff have been              that you would conduct a
                                                                                    with IT providers have been
                                                                                                                             trained.                             health and safety assessment.
                                                                                    reviewed and re-negotiated if
                                                                                    necessary to ensure they are now
                                                                                                                          7. Ensured that you have a breach    The legal changes for GDPR are
                                                                                    GDPR-compliant.
                                                                                                                             policy (breaches need to be       relatively straightforward; the
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                                                                          The HR element is also significant.                reported to the ICO within 72     ramifications for how businesses
                                                                          Over 90% of data breaches are                      hours). It is essential that HR   deal with data are not.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     please call Ben Travers on
                                                                          due to human error. You can have                   engenders a culture where
Any railway business that deals       within the scope of that consent                                                       people feel comfortable         Ben Travers is a partner and head       01392 210700 or email
                                                                          the best IT systems in the world
with data relating to EU citizens is only.                                                                                   disclosing the breaches.        of intellectual property and IT at
                                                                          but still be breaching GDPR                                                                                                solicitors@stephens-scown.co.uk.
affected. From marketing to how
                                                                          regulations if employees do not                                                    Stephens Scown LLP. If you have
you hold data on your employees, In order to be successful in                                                                                                                                        For more information visit
                                                                          have secure passwords. For this                 8. Implemented a central point of any questions about your
the regulations have far-reaching complying with GDPR, you will
                                                                          reason, training is very important.                contact within the organisation business’s GDPR obligations,            www.stephens-scown.co.uk
implications. In this article Ben     have had to undertake a data
                                                                          GDPR requires that staff are
Travers, Head of Intellectual         mapping exercise by auditing your
                                                                          trained on how data is used in a
Property and IT Legal Services        data. You need to know where
                                                                          compliant fashion. The GDPR also
at Stephens Scown explains            data originates from, where the
                                                                          requires that policies are updated
some of the key changes.              consent for its processing is,
                                                                          and that staff are trained on them.
                                      where data is shared with third
Although most businesses will         parties, how it is used, etc.
have heard about GDPR, there is a Knowing this will have allowed
                                                                                    Roadmap to GDPR
significant amount of confusion       you to identify where work needs              compliance
about what businesses need to         to be done to clear up any          For most organisations GDPR
change to comply. And there is a      consents, change IT practices and compliance will have taken some
lot at stake. Fines for breaches will liaise with third party suppliers.  time to achieve, there is no quick
be up to 20 million euros or 4 per While many businesses mistakenly fix. As a general roadmap
cent of the business’s annual         believe that GDPR only relates to   businesses will hopefully have
worldwide revenue. The                marketing information, the actual taken the following steps:
legislation came into force on 25     remit is much broader. For
May 2018, so many businesses          example, it dictates how you use    1. Conducted a data mapping
have been working hard to get         employee data. If your business        exercise – identified what you
their house in order in time.         uses a third-party payroll             own, where it sits, how it is
                                      company, you must first make           used, etc.
                                      sure employees are aware and
The right mind-set                    secondly that the contracts with    2. Obtained consents where
The starting point must always be the payroll company are GDPR-              they were needed and lacking.
to ensure you have the right          compliant.
mind-set when dealing with data.                                          3. Reviewed agreements with
Although personal data (i.e. data     This compliance of contracts           third parties who have access
which identifies a living individual) needs to be replicated across all      to data (such as marketing
might sit on your organisation’s      third parties who receive data. For    companies, email hosting
server that does not mean it is       railway businesses this may            companies, etc.), re-negotiated
your data. Instead, you use it with include marketing companies,             these or find another supplier
the consent of the data subjects,     website hosting companies and          if appropriate.

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ICE Plant
Cologne-Nippes
– WINDHOFF
to Supply Key
Technology

The recently completed
ICE maintenance depot
in Cologne-Nippes was
opened with an official
ceremony.

This plant is the first climate-neutral maintenance plant in Europe.
According to Deutsche Bahn it will reduce carbon emissions by
1,000 tons and is operated without using any fossil fuels.

WINDHOFF Bahn- und Anlagentechnik GmbH was able to
demonstrate its various product solutions for DB’s requirements at
this new plant. Thus, the new ICE depot has been fitted with four
430-metre elevated rail tracks for the maintenance of the ICE fleet
with 68 rail bridges, wheelset drops, a turntable bogie drop pit for the
exchange of the bogies, a turntable and a traction cable installation

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