Transportation Industry
Better Bogies For Finland Freight - Brief Article
Railway Age, August, 2000
> Finnish Railway (VR) awarded a $1 million contract to ABC-NACO Europe AB, the European subsidiary of ABC-NACO, for 82 Axle-Motion freight car bogies. The contract provides for options over several years that could bring its value to over $100 million The Axle-Motion is described as an advanced-technology bogie with passive steering that reduces friction and track forces on curves, providing a passenger-type ride due to low lateral and vertical forces, VR joins railways in Sweden and Britain in approving Axle-Motion for use; tests in Germany and Norway are way.
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