Overview
These important IMechE conference transactions identify the good and bad things about industry behaviour in new train provision; things that have caused frustration within both government and industry alike. Through a wide selection of papers, New Trains seeks to highlight and explore the challenges and solutions facing the industry today. New Trains focuses on the design, new train introduction, maintenance, and developing technologies. This volume contains technical papers from experts in industry who have first-hand experience of what works and, when it doesn't, how to put it right.
Synopsis
Papers from a June 2003 conference explore challenges facing the train industry, focusing on design, new train introduction, maintenance, and developing technologies. Material will be of interest to designers, managers, contractors, systems engineers, and students of mechanical engineering. Some specific topics include the value of test facilities during new train introduction, the role of a central maintenance depot and maintenance at outstations for a new train fleet, putting together a maintenance schedule for a new train, fleet reliability improvement, and the new train models Siemens Desiro-UK and Bombardier Electrostar. There is no subject index. The book is distributed by ASME. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR