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About Railway Challenge
The Challenge
The challenge
Teams are to assume that they work for a design consultancy producing a design proposal and a prototype for a small locomotive for a large corporation.
The Challenge is to design and manufacture the prototype of this locomotive and then test this against prototypes manufactured by the other teams.
The Challenge tests participating teams on several different aspects:
Track-based challenges
Energy Storage Challenge
Traction Challenge
Ride Comfort Challenge
Noise Challenge
Auto-stop Challenge
Maintainability Challenge
Reliability Challenge.
Presentation challenges
Design
Business Case
Technical Poster
Innovation.
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the Railway Challenge rules and technical specification.
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