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Ex. 6. Answer the following questions to the text. Do it in written form.
1. What country does this text tell about? 2. How many workshops are there at
German Rail? 3. Why is DB going to sell or close down a number of its workshops?
4. How many people might lose their jobs if the workshops are sold or closed down?
5. Are DB’s overhaul workshops working to full capacity? 6. What will change the
maintenance concept? 7.Will it be a slight change or a radical change? 8. What will
happen if DB does not rationalize its workshops? 9. What is maintenance-friendly
technology? What do you understand by it?
TEXTS FOR HOME READING
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EXT I
Read the text and translate it with a dictionary. Do it in written form. Use
the terminological dictionary provided at the end of the present manual.
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EDUCING THE IMPACT OF FAILURES
In today’s commercial international market it is of vital importance to provide
timely and reliable services because every breakdown or failure has an adverse effect
on revenue. This is particularly important in the privatized Britain market: train
operators face significant financial penalties to the infrastructure owner, Railtrack, for
delays arising from faults or failures attributable to the operator.
Of course, it is best not to have failures at all, but there is also a need to reduce
the impact of failures when they do occur. First, there is a need to provide train crew
and operations staff with a clearly defined set of instructions so they can take
immediate action following a failure in traffic.
Consultant Interfleet Technology, Britain, has developed fault-finding manuals,
together with an interactive PC-based software system for use by the operations control
center.
It is essential to study the root cause of the failure. Operators need a system for
monitoring failures so that repeat defects can be quickly identified and addressed.
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EXT II
Read the text and translate it with a dictionary. Do it in written form. Use
the terminological dictionary provided at the end of the present manual.
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IRST TWO-SECTION HEAVY-HAULED LOCO DELIVERED
Adtranz has handed over the first of nine heavy-haul electric freight locomotives
to LKAB which operates iron-ore trains between Lulea and Kiruna in Sweden and the
Norwegian port of Narvik. The 10.8 MW two-section locomotives will haul trains of up

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