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Freightliner trains new drivers Last year, Freightliner was awarded a contract with @EastMidRailway to provide drivers to run their new service from Cleethorpes to Barton-upon-Humber for a minimum period of twelve months. Following a period of route learning, Freightliner has successfully trained eleven drivers to run EMR’s British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter units over this portion of the railway, ensuring that EMR continues to
operate a resilient and quality community rail service for local passengers. ‘Freightliner is delighted to have been given the opportunity to collaborate with EMR in providing a top-class service for the local community’ said Freightliner’s Head of Operations – North, Matthew Workman. ‘From first being approached about the opportunity to work with EMR, we have formed a close collaborative partnership
which has been key to the success of this project. I would like to extend a personal thank you to Paul Griffin (Head of Drivers), Duncan Cale (Barton-on-Humber Project Manager) and Jess Panayiotou (Programme Coordinator) at EMR for their open, transparent and supportive approach, and to my own team at Ferrybridge who have delivered the training, resource management and service delivery with military precision.’
Medically approved open frame ac-dc converters expand LOF series Two series, the LOF450 and LOF550, expand Mornsun’s renowned LOF series of medical and industry standard power supplies. They are available from Relec Electronics in industry standard packages and on short lead times. Mornsun’s LOF series of very high power density, open frame ac-dc converters now include the two latest series of medically approved models, the LOF450 and LOF550. The latest additions to the well-established LOF series continue its thermal design excellence for low cost, reliable ac-dc converters which meet the latest regulatory
standards and which are available on very short lead times. The new LOF450 series has a universal AC input (90 – 264Vac) and at the same time accept 127 – 373Vdc input, with output ranging from 12-48V. The 450W ac-dc converters operate at -40°C to +70°C and have dimensions of 127 x 76.2 x 38.5mm (5.0 x 3.0 x 1.5”) for use in confined spaces. Models in the 550W LOF550 series have the same universal input and output ranges and temperature range. Dimensions are 127 x 76.2 x 38.5mm (5.0 x 3.0 x 1.6”). Both the LOF450 and LOF550 series have double or
reinforced insulation and offer excellent EMC and safety performance. In addition to meeting IEC/EN/UL62368, GB4943, IEC/ EN60335, IEC/EN61558, IEC/EN/ES60601, they are EN60601 2xMOPP and UL/ EN62368-1-approved. Target applications are industrial, LED, street lighting control, electricity, security, telecommunications, ‘smart home’ and medical environments. The open frame models in both series are also available as perforated case (-C) or perforated case with integrated fan (-CF) models.
Level Crossing Barrier Machine and Protection Cage Newgate (Newark) Ltd was excited to see the continued deployment at Sunningdale Level Crossing of their newly developed Level Crossing Barrier Machine and associated Protection Cage technology, which have both been granted Product Approval by Network Rail for trial on several projects in the UK. With more than 35 years’ experience with Barriers and continuous investment in R&D, Newgate (Newark) Ltd have industry leading strength within the barrier and gate security market. Atkins – a member of SNC-Lavalin Group were awarded a multi-disciplinary contract for design & installation works to re-new the level crossing at Sunningdale, which falls within Phase 2 of the Feltham
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& Wokingham re-signalling Project. The overall Feltham & Wokingham re-signalling project covers the renewal of all signalling assets, with delivery broken down into six separate phases. Within the early works scope of Phase 2, Sunningdale MCB-CCTV Level Crossing was subject to a full level crossing renewal and was successfully completed on 1 November 2021. The scope encompassed life extension works with additional barrier repositioning and carriageway realignment works to deliver a compliant level crossing solution to Network Rail. Newgate have been working in partnership with Atkins for several years to develop and supply a new state of the art Level Crossing Barrier solution with improved reliability to reduce down
time and whole lifecycle cost as part of the Network Rail drive of ‘Design for Reliability’. Newgate (Newark) Ltd NGR18000 Rail Barrier has carried out more than three Million operations to date in our inhouse testing facilities and is designed to fit the current ‘legacy’ barrier machine footprint without the need for expensive ground works. To compliment this our Newgate (Newark) Ltd NGR18000 Rail Barrier Protection Cage has been designed to be easily retro fitted to existing BR843 machines, enabling you to eliminate the current hazards due to moving sidearms and balance weights within a very short time frame. For more information contact rail@newgate.uk.com.
