Adapting to a Changing Railway

Aimed at all those connected with the railway industry, this volume contains the papers from an IMechE seminar which was held at the University of Leeds in September 1998. Topics covered include: the development of the Eurostar adaptor coupler and condition monitoring.

Mind those gaps! - a regulator's view; finding and then delivering the needs of the Heathrow Express customer; West Coast Main line (WCML) passenger upgrade; "a new lease of life" - the networker classic; the development of the Eurostar adaptor coupler; Juniper - the generic EMU for the new railway; Adtranz Electrostar; adapting to change in the commerical air transport business; condition monitoring - cutting costs and challenging contracts; light is beautiful.