International Conference for Promoting Technical Uniformity on Railways

International Conference for Promoting Technical Uniformity on Railways, Conférence Internationale pour l'Unité Technique des Chemins de Fer
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Founded: 1882
Sources: HB 1921, HB 1923, HB 1925, HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Conseil Féderal; Département féderal des Chemins de Fer (HB 1925) Swiss Federal Council; Federal Railway Department. (1929)

Seats

Members in these countries

Austria (since 1921) , Belgium (since 1921) , Bulgaria (since 1921) , Czechoslovakia (since 1923) , Denmark (since 1921) , France (since 1921) , Germany (since 1921) , Greece (since 1921) , Hungary (since 1921) , Italy (since 1921) , Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia (1923-1936) , Luxembourg (since 1921) , Netherlands (since 1921) , Norway (since 1921) , Poland (since 1923) , Romania (since 1921) , Russia (1921-1925) , Serbia (1921-1923) , Sweden (since 1921) , Switzerland (since 1921) , Yugoslavia (since 1936) ,

Congresses

Object

Faciliter le trafic international et développer les rapports commerciaux entre nations; uniformité de certaines parties du matériel des chemins de fer. L'unité technique des chemins de fer ne constitue pas un Bureau international permanent. Le Conseil fédéral a dirigé les conférences qui ont adopté plusieurs résolutions concernant des détails techniques. (HB 1925) To facilitate international traffic and develop international commercial relations ; uniformity in certain railway material. A permanent international bureau has been formed to deal with uniformity in railway technique. The Federal Council has arranged conferences, which have adopted several resolutions concerning technical details. (HB 1929) Faciliter le trafic international et développer les rapports commerciaux entre nations; uniformiser certaines parties du matériel des chemins de fer. (HB 1936) To facilitate international traffic and develop international commercial relations; to standardise certain railway rolling-stock. (HB 1938)

Finances

Les frais des conférences, procès-verbaux et imprimés sont répartis entre les États intéressés d'après la longueur en kilomètres de leurs chemins de fer à voie normale. (HB 1925) The expenses of conferences, proceedings and printed matter are shared among the States concerned in proportion to the kilometric length of their normal-gauge railways. (HB 1929) The expenses of conferences, proceedings and printed matter are shared by the States concerned in proportion to the kilometric length of their normal-gauge railways. The States also pay for the publications they order, which are charged for at cost. (HB 1938)

General facts

Les conférences ont eu lieu à Berne en 1882, 1886, ,1907, concernant l'unité technique des chemins de fer et la fermeture des wagons à marchandises devant passer en douane; délibérations de la Commission internationale chargée d'élaborer un programme des conditions que doit remplir un frein continu pour trains de marchandises (1919) ; délibérations de la Commission internationale chargée de l'établissement d'un gabarit passe-partout pour wagons à marchandises et des règles générales déterminant les dimensions transversales des véhicules et des chargements (1911, 1912). (HB 1925) Conferences were held at Berne in 1882, 1886 and 1907 on the questions of technical uniformity on railways and the sealing of goods wagons having to pass Customs stations. At the 1886 Conference, a Convention was adopted, and in 1907, at the Berne Conference, this Convention was revised. Resolutions of the International Committee appointed to draw up a programme of specifications for a continuous brake on goods trains (1909); resolutions of the International Committee appointed to establish a universal clearance limit for goods wagons and general rules for the transversal dimensions of wagons and loads (1911-12). (HB 1929)

Publications

Proceedings of Conferences; annual list entitled "Maximum Distance between Front and Rear Axles, Maximum Wheel Load, and Loading Clearance of Wagons used in International Railway Traffic" Collection on "Clearance Limits for Wagons used in International Railway Traffic " (first edition 1895, annual supplements). (HB 1938)

Activities

Conférences ; publication des procès-verbaux et délibérations, publication annuelle de l'état concernant l'« Écartement maximum des essieux extrêmes, charge maximale par roue et gabarit de chargement des véhicules admis à circuler sur les chemins de fer en trafic international » ; publication périodique de l'état des « Gabarits pour véhicules admis à circuler sur les chemins de fer en trafic international » (HB 1925) Conferences ; publication of proceedings and discussions, annual report on " Maximum Distance between Front and Rear Axles, Maximum Wheel Load, and Loading Clearance of Wagons used in International Railway Traffic Periodical report on " Clearance Limits for Wagons used in International Railway Traffic." (HB 1929) Conferences ; publication of proceedings and discussions. (HB 1938)

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