Railways simply explained

Wheelset

It looks like a massive barbell in a gym, but its structure is far more complex, and its function is indispensable [...]

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Macrophone (train horn)

Everyone is familiar with microphones – on concert stages, on TV or in their own smartphones. A macrophone, [...]

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Freight traffic at night

When most people are asleep and stores are closed, the Rail Cargo Group (RCG) moves goods onto tracks. While it is [...]

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Safety driving circuit (Sifa) or the...

We take all precautions to ensure that consignments reach our customers safely and intact. The safety driving [...]

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Route class

Did you know that railway routes are divided into route classes? And why freight wagons must not exceed the [...]

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The track gauge

The gauge of a railway indicates the internal distance between the two rails. The standard gauge differs from the [...]

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The sand spreader

Hardly anyone knows it, and yet it is essential for a "smooth" train journey: the sand spreader.

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Single wagon transport

Do you know what single wagon transport is and what role it plays in Austria? Why they are critical for success [...]

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Double heading

Do you know what “double heading” means? Or why multiple-unit traction can take different forms? Why [...]

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Under power: the pantograph

The railway is powered by electricity. But how does the electricity get from the grid to the traction units? Via [...]

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All-rounders in Focus: Taurus...

More than twice as fast as a cheetah and many times stronger than a bull: The vehicles of the Taurus fleet are [...]

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What does condition-based maintenance...

Rail vehicles are like cars: they have to be taken to the workshop where certain maintenance and repair work is [...]

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The brake shoe

When you think of shoes, you think of human footwear. But did you know that trains wear them too? We will explain [...]

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Full steam ahead: our own traction

RGC offers cross-border traction from a single source, thanks to its modern fleet of traction units. Traction [...]

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Consignment notes

A consignment note accompanies every consignment on its journey and ensures that it is transported in an orderly [...]

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Multimodality and intermodality

We all use different means of transport in our everyday lives. So we travel in a multimodal way, sometimes even in [...]

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Industrial sidings

Do you know what industrial sidings are needed for? Do you know how they help make freight transport more [...]

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Pit stop for freight wagons to...

As Rail Cargo connects European urban areas and ports to prospering economic centres in Russia, Turkey and to [...]

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Train Running Checkpoints

We leave nothing to chance. We pull out all the stops to ensure our customers’ goods reach their [...]

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Driving right – saving energy

Fuel and thus energy can be reduced not only in the private sphere by anticipatory and constant driving with the [...]

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How does cross-border transport work?

Changing locomotives and drivers, different infrastructure, train protection systems, operating regulations, [...]

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Special transport

Not only raw materials, cars or car parts, wood, steel, agricultural and chemical products travel by train – [...]

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Shunting

No trains can run without shunting. Every train is created through shunting. Find out why, how and where the [...]

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Brake test

Before every departure of a freight train, a brake test is carried out. But do you know why this is necessary and [...]

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Interoperability

Do you know what interoperability means? What does the term have to do with bridge construction? And why is it so [...]

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Block force measuring

Freight train brakes are not only vitally important when the train is running. Even when a train is parked, the [...]

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