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Notes on Garment Industry Case Study ANDREWS UNIVERSITY School of Business Management, Marketing & Information Systems Department BSAD556 Topics: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Notes on Assignment 2 – Garment Industry Case Study General Comments 1. Assignment Structure The assignment should be written in the form of a business report, with the following characteristics: It should start with a report title and table of contents. The title immediately tells the reader what is the subject of the report. The table of contents can be scanned quickly to get an idea of the approach taken in the report, and where to look for The body of the report should start with an Executive Summary. This should fit on one page, and capture the essence of the report. In some assignments, a Recommendations section should also be included. Look for authorities to quote, using footnotes, and use a bibliography to list references. Use headings and sub-headings to structure the report. This helps to put your comments into context, and give them relevance. The reader starts with some understanding of what it is you are setting out to say. Use diagrams and tables to represent concise representations of complex ideas or data. 2. The specific requests asked for in the assignment Be sure to respond to each specific request made in the assignment. In the overall sense, the request is for an analysis of a case study, so the answer needs to be written in those terms. In a more specific way, the report needs to include each of the following: Reference to the development of the technology platform and how it supports corporate strategy. Alignment between corporate strategy and IS planning. A number of specific aspects of management's approach to the problem. A value system diagram and explanatory notes. Your thoughts on what the managing director should have done. 3. Observations Many of the important aspects of the case were reported, but too often there was no comment or analysis. You obviously knew enough to pick them as important issues, placing them in your report, but did not go the one step further, and tell me why you felt they were important. The assignment asks you to "Write a 7 to 10 page analysis…". 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 1 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Here are some examples of points you made, and what you should have added: The issue What to analyse The consultant's report stressed urgency of With the benefit of hindsight, do you think this change, with the first phase implemented by was feasible? autumn 1984. The belief that MICS could be ported to Do you think this assumption was well founded? Computers Anonymous. MICS was partially implemented at 2 other sites. What are the ramifications of this? It proved difficult to charge extra to the retail Why was this? What market survey or discussion chains. with retailers took place? It was difficult to persuade suppliers to improve Why was this? Who had the responsibility of performance. developing the relationship with suppliers? Did that happen? Project management guidelines, checkpoints, Were these set up in accordance with best steering committees. practice? Were they maintained? Create a new design and management structure. What was the plan for implementing this strategy? Suggested Responses & Examples There is no single "right" answer to a question that is posed in the form of a request for an analysis. The following suggestions are not intended to be exhaustive, or more correct than some other approach. Executive Summary It was clear that change was necessary the deal with competition from overseas garment suppliers. It seems that IGL started out doing all the right things. They commissioned consultants to recommend business strategy for gaining competitive advantage. They developed an investment proposal to implement the recommendations. They set up a project team to evaluate options. They set up a User Committee with reviews and check points. So what did they do wrong? With the benefit of hindsight, it is possible to identify a number of errors. they misread the market's willingness to pay for improved flexibility and responsiveness they paid too little attention to relationships with suppliers and retailers they put responsibility for "a total cultural change" in the hands of someone new to the company they did not capitalise on the strengths of their own DP staff they accepted an evaluation of options weighted in favour of SDC they repeatedly ignored warning bells about overly ambitious deadlines they overlooked the major technical difficulties of "porting" to a new platform 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 2 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Key Players and Groups (an example of the use of a diagram) Many of the organisational details are not documented in this case study. However, the structure as it relates to this study would be something like the following diagram. CONGLOMERATE INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS LIMITED BOARD PRODUCT SPECIAL PRODUCT GROUP 1 GARMENTS GROUP 3 GROUP BOARD CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROFIT PROFIT COMMERCIAL FINANCE CENTRE 1 CENTRE n DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DP DP MANAGER MANAGER Each Profit Centre (there are 19 in IGL) has a Data Processing Manager who reports to the company Finance Director. The Commercial Director was hired from outside the company to be the project leader for the new production control system. The relationship between the new Commercial Director and the existing DP Manager is not specified in the case study document, and this could indicate that it was not made clear in practice. However, it can be assumed that there was at least a "dotted line" relationship since the new system was computer-based. Other groups operated from time to time within the Special Garments Group throughout the project, although perhaps not as effectively as they should have. Special Garments also had relationships with its material suppliers, the retailers, trade union leaders, consultants, and computer hardware and software suppliers. 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 3 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Consultant's Report (a representation of a Rossas SADT diagram) The consultants recommended a program of urgent change, to be completed in time for the autumn 1984 season, which allowed only five months for implementation. In the view of the consultants, the best opportunity for IGL lay in producing relatively high volumes of fashionable, high value-added garments, and in being more responsive to changes in the market or to buyer misjudgement. The intention was that by reducing their lead times, Special Garments would be able to compete not only on price and quality, but also on speed of response to changes. However, there seem to a couple of flaws in the argument here. There is nothing in the study to indicate the size of the market for higher-priced, fashionable, quality garments, or that retailers or customers would pay more for them. It is true that better quality more fashionable garments at the same price would provide a competitive advantage, but the notion of "high value-added" seems to imply that it was assumed a higher price could be charged. Suppliers Policies & Plans Retailers Business Objectives & Strategies Investment Project Proposal Plan Production Control Concepts & MICS Business Needs . Flexibility Development User Training . Responsiveness Project Management Info DP Staff Education Hardware MICS (SDC & & Training Application SGG) Finance Technology SADT Diagram After analysing the consultant's report, IGL decided to go after reduced lead time as a business objective. This would require cooperation from suppliers, and the increased flexibility and responsiveness would allow IGL to increase the proportion of high value added goods produced. The strategy developed from these objectives lead to and investment proposal and a project plan to run the MICS development project. The plan involved the purchase of hardware and software, with significant DP staff involvement in training and re-coding for the new platform. The result of the project was to be an integrated production control system, operated by trained users, and produced decision support management information. 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 4 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Key Events and Dates (examples of the use of tables to summarize data) Implementation Plan Date Stage to be completed mid Nov 83 detailed specification review mid Dec 83 specification finalised Jan 84 start implementation Mar/Apr 84 implementation date mid Mar 84 complete implementation Jan 84 start user training May 84 complete installation Implementation Events Date Event early 83 commissioned consultant Aug 83 consultants report Oct 83 investment proposal Oct 83 reported four alternatives Sep-Nov 83 commercial director evaluates Nov 83 board approval early 84 several PC's in use running Lotus v. successful Apr 84 5-7 weeks behind schedule, partly because of problems relocating machinery Commercial Director noted five problems Sep-Nov 84 gradual improvements to MICS Nov 84 went live, but with serious performance problems, and some features not implemented Mar 85 another consultant asked to recommend to continue or abandon contractual problems with SDC consultant report - MICS will always be difficult and expensive to maintain - will always suffer performance problems - recommended to continue with MICS, but to introduce new management structures and procedures 2 weeks later over-stocking and under-ordering end 85 Release 2 of software still had problems, but would see "light at end of tunnel" Commercial Director - "time to pull the plug on project", resigned Data Processing manager - proposed going back to the old system 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 5 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Notes on SADT diagrams & Porter's Value Chain System Analysis and Design - after Rossas Control The Inputs Information Outputs Resource Support SADT Diagram 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 6 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study The Value Chain - Michael E Porter Inbound Oper- Outbound Marketing Service M C Logistics ations Logistics & Sales A A K P E I Human Resources Management T T Technology Development I A N L Firm Infrastructure G Procurement Support Activities The Value Chain sequence of activities adding value to a product or service The Value Chain Support Corporate activities infrastructure Human resource management Technology development Procurement Inbound Operations Outbound Marketing and Service logistics logistics sales Primary Margin activities Activity Definition Inbound logistics Materials receiving, storing, and distribution to manufacturing premises Operations Transforming inputs into finished products Outbound logistics Storing and distributing products Marketing and sales Promotion and sales force Service Service to maintain or enhance Corporate infrastructure Support of entire value chain, such as general management, planning, finance, accounting, legal services, government affairs, and quality management Human resource Recruiting, hiring, training, development management Technology development Improving product and manufacturing process Procurement Function or purchasing input 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 7 of 8 Notes on Garment Industry Case Study Systems Planning and Development Process FIRM INFRASTRUCTURE CONVENIENCE OF PAYING (Financing) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LEARNING TO SUCCEED WITH THE PRODUCT (Learning) M TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT MODIFYING HABITS TO USE THE PRODUCT (Integrating) A PROCUREMENT EASE OF PURCHASING (Purchasing) – AVAILABILITY – DISPLAY R – INFORMATION PROVIDED PRIOR TO PURCHASE EASE OF PHYSICAL EASE OF IMPACT ON IMAGE ABILITY OF G PICKUP, PRODUCT STORAGE WITH FRIENDS OR CONSUMER TO LOADING, PERFORMANCE ACQUANTENANCE DIAGNOSE HANDLING S PRODUCT EASE OF PROBLEMS I EASE OF USE DISPOSAL CRITICAL EASE OF IMPACT ON SELFT SUCCESS STORAGE IMAGE ABILITY TO N FACTORS INFORMATION ENVIRON- REPAIR OR FOR USE MENTAL SOLVE PRODUCT IMPACT PROBLEMS EASE OF CLEAN- UP INBOUND OPERATIONS OUTBOUND MARKETING AND SERVICE LOGISTICS ((Using) LOGISTICS SALES (Trouble (Buying and (Storing and (Image Building) Shooting) Handling) disposing) Value chain in a consumer's household 03-Nov-1997 081faa79-7fd8-4b5a-9556-31cd9852fd1b.doc Page 8 of 8


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Are there any good creams I can buy from local stores? I'd rather support local economy and the instant gratification part just gets me. I'm near a big city so I have access to all the regular big box stores. I have an art of shaving within an hour but they are mighty pricey.
The only one I have been able to find locally is C O Bigelow @ Bath and Body Works. It is made for them by Proraso I believe.
Rite Aid sells The Real Shaving Co. products and it's an excellent British Shave Cream. Then you have The Maca Root Shave Cream from The Body Shop. And as Luteplayers said, C.O. Bigelow (rebranded Prorazo) from Bath & Body Works. Anything else you are likely to find locally would be shave soaps. Macys carries the JAck Black line of shaving products, and you can sometimes find Kiss My Face shaving cream in large grocery stores. Also check out ethnic markets, they sometimes have Italian or Indian creams.
Kiss My Face C.O. Bigelow The Body Shop Meca Root Yeah, these have been mentioned. I only mention them again because they are all very good creams. Please, please, please, avoid Bert's Bees shaving cream. Don't say I didn't warn you.
The other you may run across that should be avoided at least as much as BB's IMHO is Herban Cowboy. Of course, if you smell it first it's not likely you'd want it anyway.
I personally recommend the real shave co stuff at rite aid. It's cheap and I always keep some in my den.
I've already replied earlier in this thread about the local sources. I think it's important to note that online vendors like the TSD store, Shaveabuck, Shoebox Shave Shop, and Italian Barber are all shave enthusiasts who have for one reason or another, gone out of their way to source out worldwide shaving supplies and offer them for fair prices. Some items, like the Hungarian shave cream Figaro, are world class products that are only available from one source. I would rather support the little guy than the conglomerate, but it seems to work out about even. Half my money goes local and the other half helps to support those who support our hobby.
Bed Bath & Beyond has a nice selection of shave creams. Vitamin Shoppe also has a much smaller selection.
Don't forget about Crabtree & Evelyn. I like the gycerine lime and sandalwood body soap. My brother keeps the Nomad shave soap in his rotation. ( can be had w/wooden bowl or refill puck) As a side note I pick up something for SWMBO as well there so she doesn't throw me in the stockade for bringing home more shaving supplies, haha.
In the Northeast I have discovered that The Christmas Tree Shops have some wet shaving items. I didn't buy any but they had a few creams. I got some Pinaud (not Osage Rub) there and a crystal deodorant.


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On Friday, The New York Times published an article titled "In Fuel Oil Country, Cold That Cuts to the Heart." The article, about the Hartford's, an elderly couple in Maine who can't afford to pay for the oil needed to heat their (rather leaky) home, is both heart-wrenching and inspiring.
By Sunday morning, the comments section of the article had more than 400 remarks, most asking for ways in which they could help. And by 10 am, Upright Frameworks, one of Maine's leading weatherization companies, DeWitt Kimball of Complete Home Evaluation Services, Maine's leading energy auditor, and Peter Troast of Energy Circle, were on their way to the couple's home in Dixfield, Maine to do a full energy audit - at no charge.
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Tom, Thanks for the great article!
Great article. Please see also: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/over-9-million-could-be-living-in...
It's a nice story. They are so fortunate to have been featured. They are the tip of an iceberg, which truly is a chilling thought.
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Called to Order: Chairman Tony Gurley
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Items of Business:
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Economix blog with Uwe Reinhardt's second post discussing Kenneth Arrow's famous 1963 paper which essentially asks 'is health care a special good?' to which many of the general laws of economics don't easily apply. Short answer is yes. Of course, the laws of perfectly free markets are violated for many goods, but not for many that are as important to most people as health care.
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For those who've somehow missed out on the most important piano work of the late 20th centurywhich wouldn't be difficult, given how hard it is to locateThe Well-Tuned Piano is a mammoth, continuous work for a piano tuned to a very peculiar tuning, with some adjacent steps as close together as 27 cents (a cent being one 1/100th of a half-step) and others as far apart as 204. I say the work is improvisatory, but it is based around a series of some 50-odd themes, cadences, and chords in four or five major harmonic areas. This means that although any two performances will be very different, you hear the same themes coming back from one performance to another like old friends. And if you're lucky enough to have the CD and the DVD, the comparison is tremendously revealing.
First of all, Young spends far more time on the "Opening Chord" (every entity in the WTP has a name) than he did in 1981. More than a half-hour passes on just those four pitches, and you're not going to hear the beginnings of a change until 41.37 by the counter (as opposed to 9:38 on the CD). By 1987 Young had developed some new themes that aren't on the earlier recording. The most striking of these comes in the final 13 minutes of the performance "The Theme of Orpheus and Eurydice": It descends in parallel intervals, sometimes even in dissonant sevenths, through tiny, sliding pitch increments, letting the notes overlap for some deliciously complex sonorities. There are also some themes missing, though. In 1981 the harmonic area called "The Romantic Chord" was brand-new, and Young played around with it for an hour; on the DVD we get less than half an hour of it.
The DVD's main advantage over the CD is, of course, that it's continuous: no changing discs. In general I think I'd rather listen without the distraction of watching Young in his silk robe, but it is a fascinating historical document. There is something hypnotic about his flat-fingered keyboard drumming, his occasional elegant hand rebound from a good riff, the casual way he'll remove his hands from the piano altogether and just listen to a chord ring. Sometimes the camera creeps upward to focus on Marian Zazeela's magenta light installation, an interesting example of ambient television. European art spaces have been running the DVD as a huge-screen installation.
Still, I feel a little about the DVD the way I do about watching Wagner operas on videomy imagination could have done more with the disembodied sound than the camera could possibly capture. The dynamic range is wider on the DVD and the beginning quieter, without the immediate presence that makes the CD's first notes so arresting. The greatest pleasure is being familiar with the earlier performance and hearing the piece's proportions change so drastically, with some themes developed to far greater length and others merely alluded to. No true La Monte Young fan will accept either the CD or DVD as a substitute for the other, though some may balk at the stiff $147 price tag for the latter, justified perhaps by the hefty amount of music and video. After all, The Well-Tuned Piano is a continent of a piano piece, and if you can't get your hands on the CD (which was selling on eBay for upward of $200 last time I looked), this is the only way you're going to thoroughly explore it.
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Just a quick shout out to one of sophistimom's new readers. I found her blog on Stumble Upon last summer, when one of her posts caught my eye and had me laughing hysterically. It's called "Get Out Your Fat Pants. . . You Might Need Them," and it gives the recipe for what looks almost like a grilled cheese sandwich, only it's filled with roasted marshmallows and bananas and chocolate. Ahh! It's. . . well—it's so incredible there actually aren't words for it. Go see for yourself, and read the whole post. You'll laugh so hard.
Her blog is called Noble Pig (and did I mention she's a riot?). A recent post you all need to look at is her matzo crusted salmon. It looks amazing, and in the morning I will be braving the snow storm to get the rest of the ingredients to make it for lunch.
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I love Noble Pig! What a great little shout out!
You are so sweet! I love the matzo salmon and made my Matzo Toffee with the left overs! I love Matzo with butter too. Can't wait to see your version of the toffee, I'll be posting mine at some point too! Mazel Tov!
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New Zealand scaup
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Subfamily: | Aythyinae |
Genus: | Aythya |
Species: | A. novaeseelandiae |
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Aythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789) |
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The New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) commonly known as a black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. In Maori commonly known as papango, also matapouri, titiporangi, raipo.[2]
Overall dark brown/black colours. The male has a striking yellow eye and a dark coloured (greenish) head. The female is similar to the male, but without the yellow eye and has a white face patch during breeding season. A white wing bar can be seen in both sexes when in flight.[3]
The scaup is a diving duck which may submerge for twenty to thirty seconds and go down three metres to look for aquatic plants, small fish, water snails, mussels and insects.[4][5] It is sometimes seen with the Australian coot (Fulica atra); it is thought that the scaup takes advantage of the food stirred up by the coots as they fossick for shrimps.[5]
It is found throughout both the North and South Islands of New Zealand in deep freshwater lakes and ponds.[3] Unlike other members of this genus, the scaup is not migratory, although it does move to open water from high country lakes if they become frozen in winter.[5]
Life cycle[edit]
They nest from October to March. They lay five to eight cream/white eggs in a nest close to water, often under banks or thick cover. The nest is usually lined with grass and down.[3] The eggs are incubated for four weeks by the female. The newly hatched ducklings begin diving for food on their first outing.[5]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Aythya novaeseelandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Moncrieff, Perrine (1961). New Zealand Birds and How to Identify Them. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. p. 113.
- ^ a b c Marshall, Janet; F.C. Kinsky, C.J.R. Robertson (1972). Common Birds in New Zealand. A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 31. ISBN 0-589-00730-0.
- ^ Orbell, Margaret (2003). Birds of Aotearoa. Reed Publishing NZ Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-7900-0909-9.
- ^ a b c d Lockley, Ronald M. (1980). New Zealand Endangered Species. Cassell NZ. p. 82. ISBN 0-908572-22-0.


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Annie Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954), born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Lennox is the most recognised female artist at the Brit Awards, winning a total of eight awards, including Best British Female Artist six times. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".
Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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They go in pairs now. On 29.03.2015, the Dutch railways sent away E 186 113 and 118 to Dessau, Germany, for their R1 overhaul. We will see them back within a few months in yellow and blue.
The image shows 186 113 in 2008, together with an NS oldie. - AK
AT E 186 119 is the second to go to Dessau, it will go to Kijfhoek shuntyard today, and from there to Germany.
Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
Now the locomotive should go back to the Dutch railways (NS), the lessee of the locomotive. Yesterday, the machine has been seen in Hagen-Vorhalle. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
This images shows SNCB no. 2809 / E 186 201 waiting for its first duty as Benelux service from Amsterdam to Brussels. After a two year break, this 'classic' international trains is back on its original route. And now 16 times a day, instead of 12.
In the past years the service only connected Brussels with The Hague HS after. Originally it was cancelled completely in favour of the new high speed services with AnsaldoBreda's Fyra V250 trains, but after these trains were taken out of service, the Benelux trains were reinstated quickly. But as train paths to Amsterdam were then already taken by other trains, the Benelux had to be shortened.
As from today, it run on its original route again, so it is not using the high speed lines between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp. These faster trains will be introduced in the next years.
For the current services, Dutch ICRm coaches are being used, like before. Many of these still wear the Fyra livery. These stickers will gradually disappear. In the past months, NS has been retrofitting more ICRm coaches, coming from domestic services, for the Benelux services. They are now forming fixed rakes of coaches in the normal NS blue and yellow livery. They got a different door closing system using spanjolets, a demand of the Belgian railways, that approved these additional coaches only last week. The newly formed rakes also have a driving trailer, but this is not used as such. This coach is taken along as it has features a toilet for people with physical disabilities and extra space for service personnel. Locomotives are always pulling the trains.
NMBS/SNCB, the Belgian railways currently have ten Traxx MS locomotives from its freight pool available for the Benelux services: 2802, 2803, 2806, 2809, 2812, 2813, 2815, 2821, 2832 and 2833. But more are needed (especially now the 2821 crashed onto a car last night).
The software of NS lease locomotive 186 142 has already been downgraded so it can assist on the Benelux service. The machine was already seen in Brussels yesterday. NS plans on having the newly delivered 186 001-019 being homologated for Belgium too as back-up. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Macquarie Rail (former CBRail): E186 NS Traxx MS
Lately, Alpha Trains E 186 133 (with ITL stickers) was seen in Hungary. The image show the locomotive, officially with DE/AT/PL configuration during a test run on 06.11.2014 and in Budapest one week later. - NT/MA Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
Delivery of the first locomotives of the new NS E 186 001-019 batch now make it possible that the hired machines can get their mandatory maintenance in Dessau. We have seen E 186 001, 002 and 003 so far mixing in on the Amsterdam - Breda shuttles in regular service.
When the E 186 114 comes back from Dessau, it will have the same blue and yellow livery as the new E 186 001-019.
Railcolor: More information about these trains:
Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 NS Traxx MS
Yesterday, Metronom locomotive 246 005 was seen in Ramelsloh. It came Kassel after a R1 revision. - PB
Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 DB Schenker Traxx AC3 LNVG 246 NS Traxx MS
Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Macquarie Rail (former CBRail): E186
The train ran from Amsterdam to Brussels. The driving trailer was not used as such. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
Now, with Metrans 186 187 testruns are being held, to replace the current restricted appoval of Traxx MS in Slovakia by a full approval. The image shows the locomotive near Chotín during electromagnetic compatibility measurements. This image shows the 186 187 now running between Čadca and Skalité (one-track route, 3 kV DC).
Update: new images of tests with Railpool > Metrans locomotive 186 187.
Traxx MS locomotives that have a restricted approval for SK at this moment are 186 133, 181, 182, 183, 187, 237, 238, 240, 289 and 291. Predominantly, locomotives in service of Metrans.
And this links to background of all these tests. It is rumored that freight operator Metrans will receive new Traxx MS locomotives, approved for DE-AT-PL-CZ-SK-HU.
JP/MG/zelpage/urzd.sk/spz.logout.cz/PS/TO Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Metrans Traxx MS Railpool 186
BTW, also 186 126 is now in service of Transchem. - FG/SK
More information about these trains:
Bombardier requested the Dutch railways (NS), operator of the Intercity Direct, to put all locomotives aside as the manufacturer wanted to check the pantographs of all locomotives. Appearantly, there was a problem with the pantographs big enough to justify this drastic measure.
Update 08.04.2014 9.00 pm: The first locomotives have been inspected by Bombardier and are approved for commercial service again. Tomorrow NS will start with an hourly Intercity Direct service again. Depending on how long it will take to inspect all remaining locomotives, the frequency of the services will be increased as soon as possible. - nu.nl / telegraaf.nl
Update 09.04.2014 04.30 pm: Starting at 04.25 pm, all Intercity Direct services are available again. Everything back to normal. - parool.nl Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Macquarie Rail (former CBRail): E186
The picture shows the 2902 with a freight train Dunkerque (France) - Kinkempois (Belgique). The four locomotives are often used in pairs. - NB/ID/wallorail Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
It is the first we see D/A/PL series locomotives being used for services into CZ. - ML/AS/JP/KAR/MS/spz.logout.cz Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
Alpha Trains has managed the assets on behalf of RBS since a consortium of investors acquired Alpha Trains from RBS in August 2008. The passenger trains and locomotives are employed in services across Continental Europe under leasing contracts with several European train operators.
Commenting on the acquisition, Shaun M. Mills CEO said: This is a key transaction for Alpha Trains and an important step in our strategy of growing the business. We know the assets well having managed their delivery and operation since 2008 and are looking forward to fully integrating them in our business for the benefit of our customers. This acquisition further cements Alpha Trains position as the leading private rolling stock lessor in Continental Europe.
About Alpha Trains: Alpha Trains has been an investor, owner and manager of rolling stock for more than ten years, during which time we have established an enviable record as a consistent, professional and innovative investor and manager of passenger trains and freight locomotives. The current portfolio comprises around 370 locomotives and 300 passenger trains which are managed by an international staff of 70 people in our offices in Luxembourg, Antwerp, Cologne and Madrid. Our shareholders are: Arcus Infrastructure, PSP (Public Sector Pension Investment Board) and AMP Capital Investors. - Alpha trains Alpha Trains / RBSAF 185.2 Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Alpha Trains 185.1 Alpha Trains E483
NS Hispeed (a name that will disappear too as this company will be re-integrated into the Dutch Railways again) will introduce the new name 'Intercity Direct' for the Amsterdam - Breda shuttle.
Good news for the users for the future 'Intercity Direct': Per 15.12.2013 you don't have to pay an extra fee anymore for train tickets on the Breda - Rotterdam branch. - treinreiziger.nl/nu.nl Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Macquarie Rail (former CBRail): E186
Weekdays Den Haag Hollands Spoor 06:29 > Brussel Zuid 08:42 Brussel Zuid 09:18 > Den Haag Hollands Spoor 11:32 Den Haag Hollands Spoor 16:29 > Brussel Zuid 18:42 Brussel Zuid 19:18 > Den Haag Hollands Spoor 21:32
Weekends Den Haag Hollands Spoor 06:29 > Antwerpen Centraal 08:13 Antwerpen Centraal 09:47 > Den Haag Hollands Spoor 11:32 Den Haag Hollands Spoor 16:29 > Antwerpen Centraal 18:13 Antwerpen Centraal 19:47 > Den Haag Hollands Spoor 21:32
Locomotive Alpha Trains E 186 207 / NMBS 2815 has been added to the passenger service pool. It has been seen several times in the past days working these Intercity trains. - ID Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
The exact time table can be found here.
Background information to the Fyra services is available in Bombardier Traxx Tour (look for Traxx F160 MS 2e). Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Macquarie Rail (former CBRail): E186
The Dutch railways is slowly but steadily expanding its fleet with extra Traxx MS locomotives. There are the red 186 111-122 leased from Alpha Trains. 186 144 and 236 had a small break but joined the fleet again early this year. The real newbies are Macquarie Rail 186 149 and 239. Both were previously hired to Continental Rail Services, that had to file for bankruptcy in June.
On short term, the Dutch railways (NS) want to order new Traxx locomotives. These will have to replace the AnsaldoBreda trainsets, taken out of service last January, in the Fyra services. The NS states that these machines can be built very quickly. The NS qualifies this order as 'urgent' and 'necessary', so a tender process is not required.
The exact number of locomotives to be ordered, depends on the new timetable that is under development. NS will have to present it before 01.10.2013 to State secretary Mrs. Mansveld.
Railcolor: Of course this raises new questions. Only a top speed of 160 kph is mentioned in the article. With Traxx locomotives with this top speed, the NS and Bombardier now offer reliable services between Amsterdam and Breda. So ordering machines in exactly the same configuration would be a relatively safe bet. However, Bombardier theoretically can deliver Traxx machines with a top speed of 200 kph, but this would require additional test runs (and time). Next to that, locomotives can not replace the trainsets, coaches will have to do that. Question is which type of coaches will be used. It is presumable, that under great political pressure, the Belgian railways will be forced to approve the Traxx-hauled trains on their network and there part of the HSL-Zuid. The current NS Traxx locomotives only run in the Netherlands (Amterdam-Breda vv). Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
In the last week, the frequency of the 'Benelux 2.0', running from The Hague-Hollands Spoor (NL) to Brussels-Midi (BE) was increased. There are 8 daily services now.
In the mean time, the V250 sets are testing and testing and reports are being made.
Like before, the 2901 has simple numbers. The font however is slightly different, making the numbers a bit wider. - MC Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
The Dutch and Belgian railways decided to terminate the Amsterdam-Brussels service (Benelux-trein) last December, in favour of the new, faster Fyra services with V250 train sets of AnsaldoBreda. However, these were taken out of service early January due to many technical faults and even losing pieces along the way.
The frequency of the new service will be increased early March, from the current two trips a day up to eight daily connections. For how long this new/old/temporary InterCity service will keep running is unknown. The city of The Hague will do anything to keep it alive, even when the AnsaldoTrains would return (if ever). These V250 train sets make use of the High speed line between Amsterdam and Belgium and do not call at The Hague...
Locomotive SNCB 2801 (186 123) had the honor to haul the first train this morning. Check the movie for a short news item in Dutch:
But the Fyra debacle also adds another Belgian chapter to the life cycle of these locomotives now. Locomotive 2801 was seen today (sorry yesterday now) at Den Haag-Binckhorst [NL] shunting yard, is use for staff training. - ID/LP Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
The Dutch secretary for transport has announced what the temporary solution will be; Starting on 28.02.2012, two daily services will connect The Hague with Brussels, calling at Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal, Antwerpen, Mechelen and Bruxelles. It will run on classic lines again, not on the high speed line. For a connection with Amsterdam, travelers can change trains in Rotterdam and use the direct Fyra service to Amsterdam(-Schiphol).
Per 11.03.2013, six more daily services will be added to the schedule, bringing the total to eight. I will take 2h47min to travel from Amsterdam to Bruxelles, with one changement, and 47 min longer than the direct service with the Fyra V250 trains.
Railcolor about rolling stock: First fact is that 186 346-350 (the former T29 series) are yet again in Belgium. They were given back to Alpha Trains last year. Our guess: adding these machines to the fleet of NMBS Logistics, several T28 series locomotives (that can run to the Netherlands) will be available for Fyra replacement trains. Thes T28s will haul ICRm coaches. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
For just now, KS will receive 15 electrics; 5x ET22 hired from PKP Cargo, 5x Traxx from LOTOS and the machines shown in the title picture.
It will result in colorful combinations. 50 passenger coaches have been hired from ČD and 17 coaches come from Heros Rail Rent GmbH. Heros Rail Aimz/Bim coaches that still have the Dutch paint scheme, as they were used for intercity services in the Netherlands in 2007-2011. - GK Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
2903 / 186 348: 21.11.2012 2904 / 186 349: 11.11.2012 2905 / 186 350: 12.11.2012
The image show unit no.2905 during one of very last Belgium duties.
Also 2801-2803 (ATC 186 123-125) will be given back in March 2013. These three machines are in Belgium since 2007 and have been used for many different services (except the one they were hired for; hauling the HSL-shuttle Antwerpen-Noorderkempen). They have been used for freight services and finally ended up in the international passenger services between Amsterdam and Bruxelles. However, this service (we mean the one using the classic route via The Hague, Rotterdam, Roosendaal and Antwerp) will cease to exist after next weekend.
BTW, the 2802 is still under repair from crashing into a crane at Duffel on 14.06.2012. - ID/MC/KAR/Wallorail.be Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
PS. At this moment, the flower fields in the Netherlands are looking at their best, resulting in nice images with the Olympic train. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
I still remember these locomotives from my younger years. In the late nineties I saw them arriving with international trains from Belgium in Cologne main station. Two locomotives are being preserved: unit 1608 by Toerisme en SpoorPatrimonium and unit 1602 by the SNCB Holding. Locomotive number eight from this batch, unit 1607, was scrapped in 1994 after an accident. - MC/Wallorail Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
The main picture show ex-EU43 001 and 004 after having their vinyls removed. - MM Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
With these locomotives, ORLEN KolTrans is going to haul freight trains on the routes Plock Trzepowo - Swinoujscie, Wloclawek - Frankfurt Oderbruecke (DE), Plock Trzepowo - Emilianów, Plock Trzepowo - Warsaw Okecie. - orlenkoltrans.pl Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
EU43-001: traditional hats / EU43-002: flower crowns / EU43-003: painted faces EU43-004: sashes / EU43-005: earrings and necklace / EU43-006: ball on your head - FG/SL/BT Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
NS Hispeed has decorated its Traxx unit 186 119 with special stickers that congratulate the Belgian railways with their 175th anniversary. Thanks everyone for the pictures, unfortunately I can not show them all! Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
The posting also gives some nice impressions of ECR Traxx units in renenue service in France. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
B Cargo will hire these five Traxx MS for services between France and Belgium, to be exploited in cooperation with Euro Cargo Rail. It's still a discussion what the Belgian designation will be of the new entries; 2871-2875 or 2901-2905 are two options. - CA/LJ/CK Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
186 101-110, DE-AT-CH-BE-NL-IT, delivered to Railpool this year 186 111-125, DE-AT-NL-BE (+ BR/HSL), in service of NS Hispeed and NMBS/SNCB 186 126-135, DE-AT-PL, in service of PKP Cargo, DB and OHE 186 196-235, DE-AT-NL-BE, in service of B Cargo 186 241-250, DE-AT-PL, only 241 in service of DB, the rest is stored or used for test runs 186 251, DE-AT-CH-NL-BE, stored or used for test runs 186 346-350, DE-BE-FR, stored or used for test runs
This makes 91 in total, of which 10 were never delivered to ATC. Still some units to go... Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
Before 07.09.2009, the temporary Fyra stock was used for the classic Benelux service (Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam), which since then suffers from shortage. This has led to the introduction of new locomotives and coaches. A rake of Belgian I6 and I10 coaches is now being used, and both Cobrarail (E 186 196-235 / 2804-2843) and SNCB Traxx engines (E 186 123-125 / 2801-2803) help out. - HGBTF/OVL Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
E 186 103 is part of a batch of ten units (101-110) originally built for Angel Trains Cargo leasing, and fitted for services in NL/DE/AT/CH/IT. Although being built in 2006 and 2007, none of them has been rented out to a rail operator yet. Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 Railpool 186
New units for Railion:
New electrics for Angel Trains Cargo:
The red 185 632 for ATC is the last one of a batch of seven that will be leased to the HGK. 185 633 is ATC unit for services in Germany and Austria only. It is not known to which order this engine belongs. Alpha Trains / RBSAF 185.2 Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 DBSRD 185.2
ATC E 186 101-110 are all gathered at Bellinzona San Paolo railyard (10.01.2009), of many of these machines we have lost track during the past years. Every now and then some of them appear during a test run, but none of them has been in commercial service yet, as far as we know. These ten machine were all built in 2006 and 2007 for leasing company Angel Trains and have been pre-configured for cross borders services from Italy over the Alps to Germany and the Netherlands. - MS
An image of ITL E 186 149 in France. The trains in hauled by E 186 161 and the freshly delivered E 186 163. More ECR machines are in production. As anyone knows the purposes of the E 186 149 visiting France, we would really like to know!
ATC/CargoNet 185 620 and 621 are now both in Norway, at the Nyland workshops, as reported on our forum. The carry the CargoNet designation EL19.001 and 002 up front. Alpha Trains / RBSAF 185.2 Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186 ECR + DB E186
The livery of the EU43-001 is changed. The white up front is replaced by blue, so that all restyled locomotives now look the same. - SB Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
This has proven to be incorrect. Already on 29. and 30.11.2008 (in Gilze-Rijen) CobraRail Reaxx units have been spotted on Dutch territory. - LP/MvdS Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
That means that E 186 196-220 (SNCB 2804-2828) are now in Belgium or on their way. 15 more to come (E 186 221-235). Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
- 04.11.2008: E 186 204-206 arrived in Antwerp. - 07.11.2008: E 186 207, 209 arrived in Antwerp - 08.11.2008: E 186 208, 210, 212, 214 on transport
- The machines most likely will also get new (Belgian) NVR numbers: 91 88 7 186 xxx-x B-xxx Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
It was even on national tv... for those who can understand Dutch; A short item of todays late night news about this happening: Click! Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
E186 108 and ACTS 6705 in NL Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
There are various websites informing us about these happenings but unfortunately I can not understand the Polish language. Information about this in English or German is therefore welcome, just like some nice images :). Alpha Trains / RBSAF E186 186
E 186 101-110 were built for ATC in 2006-2007, configurated for Transalp-services; equipped with all necessary safety and signalling systems making it possible to make (theoretically) a non-stop trip from the harbour of Rotterdam, over the Dutch BetuweRoute, through Germany, across the Alps into Italy. This so called north-south corridor is one of the most important routes for freight transport by rail in Europe. The specific systems on board were ETCS (the new European train control standard and required for the BetuweRoute), ATB (Netherlands), Indusi (Germany and Austria), Integra (Switzerland), and SCMT (Italy).
E 186 101 and 102 were built in 2006 to start homologation trials with. The remaining eight machines had their maiden run at the end of 2007 and were then stored. In April and May 2008, E 186 108 visited the Netherlands twice, and made trial runs over the Hoekse Lijn. In May 2008 E 186 109 was used in Austria for ETCS trials. Around the same time E 186 101 was in Italy for completing trials with the new Italian signalling system SCMT. Finally, all 10 machines ended up in and around Bellinzona (CH) in 2009, none of them ever used for a single revenue service as far as we know...
Then, in May 2009, the history of this batch took a strange turn. Appearantly ATC, Bombardier and the new leasing Railpool company had closed a deal in the mean time. That month, E 186 103 got a full repaint in Railpool colours and was presented as such on the Transport&Logistik Messe in Munich. Railpool is since then the owner of this batch, of which all units were repainted and delivered during the summer of 2009.
A very remarkable E 186 sub serie is a batch of 15 locomotives with Hispeed configuration, equipped to haul passenger trains up to speeds of 160 kph. Remarkable because the E 186 series is officially developed for long-haul freight services only, and therefore not very quickly associated with very high speeds About the history of the E 186 Hispeed;
Freight locomotives for Hispeed services? How come? From 2000 to 2007, a brand new high speed line has been built, connecting Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium. Passenger trains are now able to connect both cities with top speeds up to 350 kph. The HSL-Zuid, the official name of the line, is part of the north-south route from Amsterdam to Paris. For the 350 kph non-stop services, already existing Thalys-TGV train sets will be retrofitted. Next to these intercity services, 250 kph fast shuttle trains will run on the HSL-Zuid. NS Hispeed, the operator that will exploit passenger services on the HSL-Zuid has therefore ordered new 19 train sets. The Italian manufacturer of rolling stock Ansaldo-Breda was awarded with the order in 2004. Starting delivery was scheduled for 2006, the complete HSL-Zuid should be ready by then and regular services than could start in April 2007. This never happened. Finally, first revenue service with the AnsaldoBreda trains commenced in December 2012, but where cancelled in only a few weeks. The NS/NMBS considered the train too unsafe.
Nevertheless, NS Hispeed and the Dutch/Belgian government have singed an exploitation contract, and the government made very clear that it would keep NS Hispeed to its promises, to start with shuttle services in April 2007. Also on very short notice, the operator had to find a acceptable alternative for the V250 train sets.
Finally Angel Trains was requested to provide locomotive power for these temporary shuttle trains, that then would be composed out of 160 kph fast multi-system electrics, with ERTMS and refurbished Dutch ICRm intercity-coaches. The lease company proudly accepted the award and adjusted its initial order for Traxx 2E F140 MS locomotives in January 2006, raising the number on order from 26 to 35. 15 machines of this batch then would be available for high speed services on the HSL-Zuid by April 2007, until 2009. 12 of them would be leased to NS Hispeed, and three would be running the Belgian railways. For manufacturer Bombardier this order change resulted in a new challenge: explore the possibilities too use the MS locomotives up to speeds of 160 kph in commercial service. As they were originally designed for freight traffic, the machines have a propulsion system with nose suspended motors, only approved for Vmax = 140 kph. This latter technical issue could be solved by Bombardier, as was proven in 2007. The Hispeed E186s got a full permission for 160 kph for services at the HSL-Zuid (and also in Germany additionally).
roll-out In September 2006 the very first E186 made its first public appearance, at the international rail way fair Innotrans in Berlin. It was the designated E 186 111, fully configured as Hispeed locomotive. After the event the machine returned to Kassel for the finishing touch, to enter its future service domain for the very first time on December 4th 2006, when it came to the Netherlands for its first trials. What followed was an endless period of trials. First with the three prototype locomotives, E 186 111, 112 and 113, built in advance to secure homologation, later on also E 186 114-118 were spotted on Dutch and Belgian territory many times. In March 2007 the refurbishment of the first ICRm coaches started, but it was already very clear that by April, no final approval of these temporary shuttle trains would be available. As already told, the infrastructure was not even finished by then. As the months went by all 15 machines, E 186 111-125, were completed, but none of them were used for any regular service.
In the Autumn of 2007, E 186 123-125 went to Antwerp as they would be rented by the Belgian railways to secure shuttle services from Brecht to Antwerp. In 2008 they got Blegian service numbers (2801-2803) and started their commercial career with hauling freight trains. Trials runs with Belgian passenger coaches started in June 2008.
At the end of 2007, finally, the very first two machines were officially delivered (113 and 114) to NS Hispeed. E 186 114 was the first to change its appearance and came back from a metamorphosis in a red Hispeed livery with white fronts. Logos were not applied. Between January and June 2008 also E 186 112, 115, 116 and 118-121 were handed over to NS Hispeed and are since then most of the time parked at their new home base, Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer. E 186 113, 115 and 116 got a red livery in February 2008 too. On 17.09.2008 finally the last three machines included in this contract (E186 111, 117, 122) were transported to Amsterdam.
E 186 114 was the first Angel Trains machine to change colour: here present in its future Hispeed basic livery.
alternative purposes As the lease-contract for these Hispeed machines started in the summer of 2007, so they cost money. And as the HSL-Zuid is considered being not safe enough and the locomotives are still not approved for services in Belgium, NS Hispeed started a search for alternative purposes. Since September 2007 therefore one speculated on using E 186 111-122 for the conventional Benelux-shuttles, that also run from Amsterdam to Antwerp, and originally would have been replaced by the new V250 trains. For these trains the Traxx machines would then replace the Belgian 11 series locomotives, that suffer from many malfunctions lately, and have become very unreliable.
This plan did not became reality until 11.08.2008. That day it really happened! All administrative and technical difficulties were finally solved and E186 119 had the honour to be the first Traxx locomotive actually hauling a commercial Benelux train from Amsterdam to Brussels. That day Hispeed started to use Traxx machines for two services in total, for which E 186 119-121 were available at that time. Two machines are being parked at both end statiions, while the third one is hauling the train. As per 08.09.2008, six additonal services were taken-over by Traxx machines. E 186 117 and 118 being the next ones to be equipped for these services.
And the HSL-Zuid? It was really quiet overthere until 08.09.2008. NS Hispeed and Prorail than started trials on the new the high speed line between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, continued until 24.10.2008. Its the next phase of the so called 'Intergraal Proef Bedrijf' during which a regular one-hour service will simulated, according to the time table that one would like to introduce in December 2008. Two locomotives type E 186 with ETCS level 1 and two rakes of NS Hispeed Prio-coahes were be available for these tests.
Finally, revenue servcies with the Traxx locomotives on the HSL-Zuid started in 2008. Since then they run with shuttle trains on the route Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol - Rotterdam Centraal - Breda. The Belgian railways refused to homologate the Traxxs for Belgium.
After the debacle with the AnsaldoBreda trains in January 2013, the Traxxs will continue their services on the HSL-Zuid. 186 111 was sent to Belgium for approval. Political pressure forced the NMBS and NS to come with an alternative for the V250 trains. Traxxs will be a part of this for sure.
The third configuration included in the 1st order is a batch of 10 machines for the main corridors from Austria and Germany into Poland and vice versa. Rail freight transport is growing very fast Poland, but at the same time it is very difficult to enter the Polish market for foreign operators. Homologation vehicles that offer a possibility for foreign operators to enter Poland is therefore very difficult and time consuming. It was therefore remarkable that already in October 2007, only one year after the first East-West configured machine set foot on Polish ground; the official homologation of the E 186 series for Poland could be announced.
Maybe it makes more sense when you know that the first 6 machines were delivered to the PKP, the national operator from Poland, which announced its deal with Angel Trains Cargo officially in 2007. E186 126, 127, 128, 131 and 132 and 134 are now part of the PKP fleet for a period of 3 years, starting from December 2007. They got PKP designation EU43 001-006 and are used for border crossing services between Poland and Seddin in Germany. 186 126 even got a special PKP promotional livery. The remaining 4 machines are available to other operators. The German open access operator OHE was to first to lease two of them.
Finally, the 241 became part of a batch of ten DE/AT/PL locomotives: 241-250.
In Kassel Bombardiers kept on building Cobra Rail locomotives with a very high pace. On August 15 2008 for example, another six machines (E 186 197 and 199-203) could be transported to Belgium. On 15.09.2008, E186 212 already made its maiden run Germany. Delivery of all 40 units was completed around the summer of 2009.
The reason why Bombardier had to deliver five extra units to Angel Trains Cargo so fast is that B Cargo was planning on services from Belgium to France, starting in December 2009. By then the 186 346-350 were delivered and put into service as B Cargo 2901-2905.


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A Phase 2 Study With Panzem in Patients With Relapsed or Plateau Phase Multiple Myeloma
This study has been completed.
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The purpose of the study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of providing 2-methoxyestradiol to patients with plateau phase or relapsed multiple myeloma. Information regarding trough 2ME2 levels will also be collected.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Plateau Phase Multiple Myeloma |
Drug: 2-methoxyestradiol |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase 2, Open-Label, Safety, and Efficacy Study of 2-Methoxyestradiol Administered to Patients With Plateau Phase or Relapsed Multiple Myeloma |
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Further study details as provided by CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine tumor response of 2ME2 administered orally by evaluation of objective responses in patients with plateau phase or relapsed multiple myeloma [ Time Frame: At least yearly ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To assess the safety and tolerability of 2ME2 administered orally by evaluation of the frequency, severity, and duration of treatment-emergent adverse events in patients with plateau phase or relapsed multiple myeloma [ Time Frame: As reported ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- To determine the minimum 2ME2 levels achieved in plasma following daily oral administration in patients with plateau phase or relapsed multiple myeloma [ Time Frame: At least yearly ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Enrollment: | 60 |
Study Start Date: | March 2001 |
Study Completion Date: | September 2008 |
Primary Completion Date: | September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: 1
Open label, oral administration of 2ME2
Drug: 2-methoxyestradiol
800 mg of 2ME2 (capsules) administered orally every 12 hours for a total daily dose of 1600 mg.
Other Name: Panzem
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have plateau phase (patients who have been previously treated with at least one conventional or high-dose chemotherapy who are currently off all therapy for at least 4 weeks and are considered to have stable disease) or relapsed MM. Patients in plateau phase must have M-protein concentrations that are stable for at least 4 weeks prior to registration.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Have monoclonal plasma cells in the marrow.
- have M-protein greater than or equal to 1g/dL in the serum or 200 mg of monoclonal light chain in a 24-hour urine protein electrophoresis.
Have laboratory data as specified below:
- AST and ALT < 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alk phos < 5.0 x ULN
- direct bilirubin < 2 x ULN
- Creatinine < 3.0 x ULN
- ANC greater than or equal to 750 cells/mm3
- Platelets > 25,000/mm3
- Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 7.0g/dL
- Have life expectancy of at least 3 months
- Have ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2
- Women and men of child bearing potential must agree to use effective barrier contraceptive methods during study.
- Have the ability to understand the reuirements of the study, provide written informed consent, abide to study restrictions, and agree to return for the required assessments.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Be pregnant or nursing.
- Have any condition that is likely to detrimentally affect regular follow up.
- Have a history of myocardial infarction within the last 3 months, angina pectoris/angina equivalent in the last 3 months, or uncontrolled congestive heart failure.
- Have an active infection
- Have had major surgery within 21 days of starting 2ME2 administration
- Have additional uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness
- have had any active cancer in addition to the MM within the last 5 years (excluding superficial skin cancer)
- Have uncontrolled or untreated active bleeding or thrombotic disorder.
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute | |
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Mayo Clinic | |
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 30, 2015
Responsible Party: | Carolyn Sidor, MD, MBA; Chief Medical Officer, EntreMed, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00592579 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | ME-CL-004 |
Study First Received: | December 28, 2007 |
Last Updated: | February 25, 2009 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Blood Protein Disorders Cardiovascular Diseases Hematologic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Hemostatic Disorders Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Lymphoproliferative Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Paraproteinemias Vascular Diseases |
2-methoxyestradiol Estradiol Antimitotic Agents Antineoplastic Agents Estrogens Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Pharmacologic Actions Physiological Effects of Drugs Therapeutic Uses Tubulin Modulators |
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Acoustic measurement of change in voice quality with treatment for chronic posterior laryngitis. | |
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 9109716 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Sixteen patients who had symptoms and signs of chronic posterior laryngitis were evaluated before, during, and after treatment with omeprazole and nocturnal antireflux precautions. Data were analyzed for patients who complained of some hoarseness, who had no smoking history, and who completed all of the voice recording protocol. The patients' voices were recorded before, during, and following treatment with omeprazole and nocturnal antireflux precautions. Voice quality was analyzed by perceptual analysis, and acoustic signal data were measured for jitter, shimmer, and signal-to-noise ratio. Measures of jitter, shimmer, and signal-to-noise ratio changed significantly with treatment of posterior laryngitis (p < .01 for change in each of the measures). Acoustic measures showed some trend of deterioration with cessation of treatment, although the overall improvement in acoustic measures of voice quality was still statistically significant after treatment with omeprazole was discontinued. Although perceived abnormality of voice increased and decreased with the magnitude of measured perturbation of the acoustic signal for some patients, the perceptual assessments were not highly correlated with acoustic measures for individual patients, and the perceptual analysis group data did not show a significant change with time during treatment, in contrast to the significance of change in acoustic measures. The data demonstrate that acoustic measures of jitter, shimmer, and signal-to-noise ratio improve significantly with antisecretory and antireflux treatment of chronic posterior laryngitis, and that for individual patients, these are changes that are detected by trained listeners, but not at statistically high levels of confidence. |
D G Hanson; J J Jiang; J Chen; B R Pauloski |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0407300 Medline TA: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Adult Anti-Ulcer Agents / administration & dosage, therapeutic use* Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Female Gastric Acid / secretion* Hoarseness / diagnosis, drug therapy, therapy Humans Laryngitis / diagnosis, drug therapy, therapy* Omeprazole / administration & dosage, therapeutic use* Prospective Studies Speech Acoustics* Tape Recording Treatment Outcome Voice Quality* |
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Capture Multiple Pics In One Go v3.2
Blackberry 99XX (OS 7.0) Series (640*480) Devices Models: 9900, 9930, 9981
Click multiple pictures with a single click. Camera Timer is a convenient and perfect tool to provide some delay before clicking a photograph.
With the application, you can also take multiple pictures at once by specifying the time interval between consecutive photos. You can provide a delay of upto 20 seconds and can take upto 10 photographs with a single click. Pictures clicked through Camera Timer are saved in PNG format.
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* Save images in PNG format
* Can be launched from the native camera as well
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Camera Timer provides four utilities – Time delay to click photos, click multiple photos with one click, mark interval between successive photos and no shutter sounds.
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CSI Waiting For Legislators To Decide Funding Requests
Twin Falls, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KTWT-TV ) Last August, the College of Southern Idaho submitted its budget requests to the state of Idaho.
Now that the legislature's in session, lawmakers will have to decide how much of CSI's requests they can approve. Education has the biggest price tag that Idaho lawmakers have to pay every year. The College of Southern Idaho gets a major percentage of its funding from the state legislature. But so far, Idaho Governor Butch Otter has only recommended that lawmakers approve the first item on the college's list of budget requests. That's related to the new $8 million Applied Technology and Innovation Center they want to construct north of the Canyon and Desert buildings. Dr. Jerry Beck of the College of Southern Idaho says, "We asked for $140,000 back in August. Because of the timing of that building, we only need about $70,000 for occupancy. So we asked them to the remaining $70,000 that we asked in that particular area, and moving it to our second priority, which is additional nursing facility." Beck says those nursing instructors are already working at CSI, but right now they're being paid with grant money, and the college needs the state to step in and replace the grant money that's "going away." The next item is a voluntary framework for accountability. Beck says, "The three community colleges in the state are looking to purchase and be involved in that particular data plan, so that we would have common numbers to be able to compare ourselves against one another with." CSI is asking for $191,000 to establish a new off-campus center in Idaho Falls, hopefully to form a taxing district for a fourth community college in the Gem State. Then there's the I-STEM project, which will help train students in math, science, and engineering. Beck says, "Our last project has to do with improvement of the graduation rate here at the College of Southern Idaho, which is $170,000." Idaho lawmakers will be discussing state education funding issues for the next two weeks. Beck says CSI will move ahead with whatever funding that legislators approve. Jan. 30, 2013. |
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