Topic: Intelligent freight wagon

Equipping a freight wagons with digital automatic coupling (DAC)

Germany gets ready to speed up DAC retrofitting with 150 workshops

The successful test runs of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) trains around Europe bring some rapid developments in Germany. Deutsche Bahn is eager to set up 150 pop-up workshops for the DAC retrofitting of wagons. First,...Read more

17-10-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

German and Italian freight operators test smart wagons

TX Logistik AG and Mercitalia Intermodal cooperate in a new project aiming to optimise combined transport (CT) operations. The companies will test innovative sensors and communication technologies to make freight wagons used in combined transport...Read more

13-12-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

SBB Cargo develops ‘freight car of the future’

Swiss rail freight specialist SBB Cargo is bringing to life what it calls the ‘freight car of the future’ – saying it will be quieter, lighter and more powerful than ever before. Working with partners,...Read more

01-02-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

The virtual intelligence of freight wagons

The era of Big Data will make freight wagons ‘virtually intelligent’ – that’s the key message from Peter Boom, whose company Voestalpine Signaling offers solutions with cutting-edge RFID technology that enables railway undertakings to organise...Read more

07-11-2016|Comment|author: Simon Weedy