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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
November 3, 2011
The real point of modernizing railways, and the major reason for China's global push for High Speed Rail, is the increased movement of cargo - a shift in passenger traffic to the new high speed routes frees up space on older, now congested legacy lines.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
May 23, 2011
Copper is the key to the increased speed of modern high speed trains. New high-speed trains with their electric traction engines use from 3 to 4 tonnes of copper per train.
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By Frank Holmes, John Derrick, Tim Steinle |
March 30, 2011
Russia has effectively recoupled with the other BRIC countries after the Russian economy lagged out-of-the-gate once the global recovery began, leading some to question whether it belonged in the same category as Brazil, China and India.