Railway Rolling Stock (Railtex)

In today's maturing railway industry, the key to getting - and staying - ahead is to keep up with the latest developments across all sectors involved in railway technology. There is pressure upon the rail industry to deliver more customer benefits, with greater cost-effectiveness, faster - whether that customer has freight interests or is a passenger. The demands being made on the rail networks is steadily increasing and manufacturers are being pushed to produce higher speed, higher load, rolling stock while considering stringent safety conditions.

Part 1 The passenger environment: trains are for people, R.E. West New trains, New directions, N.W. Bates Review of the future development of air-conditioning systems within the UK railway environment, N. Bolton Air-cycle air-conditioning of passenger saloons, R. Andra and F. Sauter Mobile air-conditioning for modern railway cars, I.B. Vaisman On train CCTV - the developing requirements, A. McDonald Quieter trains - measuring the acoustic performance of an inter-vehicle gangway, G.J. Haines and P.W. Eade At seat entertainment system - pleasing the passenger and the operator, S.J. Ollier and D.A. Newton. Part 2 Rolling stock reliability and maintenance: optimizing maintenance, M. Etwell Performance improvements through maintenance initiatives, A. Barr and N.B. Schulkins Total cleanliness control [TM] approach to condition monitoring of railway fluid systems, M. Day and M. Scappaticci Maintenance free - total reliability - why not?, A.P. Lezala and I. Flynn The MK48 motor alternator development, M. Underwood Train maintenance - the future is arriving - the AEA technology vision of maintenance for the 21st century, J.M. Rands et al Maintenance plans for new vehicles, R. Elliott New innovation, C. Thomas Class 170 operational reliability, A.C. Bell Adtranz DMUs delivering the future, C.A. Morbey Electronic document management (EDM) - an engineer's view, J. Lupton Availability - procurement involvement, A. Marsh In-house or out-source, P.J. Cameron Implementing turnkey contracts, R. East Delivering trains for service, A.G. Wrighton. Part 3 Technology and developments in rolling stock: getting new trains into the running railway, A.J. Francis Re-inventing Motorail, N. Swift More seats in suburban trains, C.P. Boocock Critical issues for high-speed passenger rolling stock for non-electrified routes, B.T. Scales Diesel engines for rail traction locomotives -meeting the challenges of lower emission limits, J. Harrison Fluid power control systems in rail development, P. Larcey and R.J. Skinner Assessment of the performance of tilt system controllers, R.M. Goodall et al Taking the stress out of FEA -the use of finite element analysis for railway applications, M.J. Hampshire. Part 4 Wheels and brakes: retro fitting a modern WSP to Midland Mainline HST coaches, M. Coney and N. Yule Advanced modular EP brake control, J.E. Paddison and W.P. Straube Composition brake blocks - a "cast iron" alternative, S. Morris Getting more life from your railway wheels, P.J. Waite Wheelsets for West Coast main line tilting trains, J.R. Snell and F. Trombini A new wheel material for the new century, P.D. Cassidy.