[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Possibilities of model reconstructions of railway stations of different complexity level with the reproduction of technology of their operation on the basis of algorithms of correct physics of processes are considered. Realistic construction of models is emphasized by a 3D interpretation of the results of computational procedures, with the help of which a visual image is formed, an ersatz structure of the station is created, and the meaningful properties of the prototyped objects are copied. At the same time, the space-time changes accompanying the modeling correlate with a set of nonlinear phenomena and a multitude of factors of a systemic and non-systemic nature. Keywords: system, 3D station model, prototype, technology, physical processes, nonlinear phenomena, failure prediction.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The paper proposes a schematic diagram of an additional device for vortex propulsion units of vessels and algorithms for computer simulation of their use for various maneuvering options. The paper describes the advantages of vessels with propulsion units in the form of generators of vortex pairs, including toroidal vortices (thermals), the efficiency of propulsion units of which increases with the increase in their dimensions. A comprehensive analysis of the specifics of maneuvering of such vessels is presented. Practical inapplicability of traditional vessels’ devices for changing the course of the vessel and unacceptable duration of reaching steady-state modes and the stopping process when using only regular vortex generators are shown. A sequence of actions with vortex generators is described for the main types of maneuvers. In the paper, a schematic diagram of an additional device (with an estimation of its physical dimensions) is proposed to the vortex propulsion units of vessels, which ensures unwinding or braking of the «attached» mass for a predetermined time with minimal loss of power. Algorithms for computer simulation of the change in the nature of the flow in the closed flow region are developed using the proposed additional acceleration device. It is shown that the algorithms implemented in the work can be used in the control of a real vessel. Keywords: water transport, water vessels and aircraft with vortex propulsion units, surface and underwater (toroidal) vessels, flow in the vicinity of the vortex pair, drag, steady and transient modes, attached mass of water, blade, rotor.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The question of validity of the choice of an actuating element of heat-generating pumping devices with blade structures is considered. These devices are characterized by low hydraulic resistance of a working channel, absence of support and sealing parts, a wide range of design modifications of increased efficiency. Their feature is that the supporting element is not the traditional shaft, but the outer surface of the actuating element. The article shows what parameters of the elements used ensure modeling and control of heat transfer processes. Keywords: transport power system, heat-generating transfer device, actuating element, parameters, 3D model, independent control.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT It was found in the course of the study that oscillations of the vehicle wheelset’s angular velocity during braking should be recognized as the principal cause of rail corrugation. Over a single period, two alternating events occur: an elastic interaction between the wheel and the rail, and their slipping relative to each other causing friction and formation of a valley. The wavelength of corrugation wear increases with the increase of the train speed and the value of the braking torque. In order to reduce the intensity of wear, the track stiffness should be increased, the braking torque reduced, and the suspension’s parameters optimized. Keywords: railway, rail corrugation wear, wheelset, adhesion coefficient, braking torque, track longitudinal stiffness, angular velocity, wheel slip, friction.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The author studies issues of track service life and rail profile stability on bridges and bridge approaches, as well as safety issues on these sections at train speeds of up to 400 km/h. The optimal control theory of dynamic processes in the bridge-track-vehicle system makes it possible to synthesize structures that exert comparatively uniform impact on the sleepers (or other rail supports) in the bridge zone while maintaining the loads on the ballast closest to their design values. Optimal designs ensure a sufficient force of the wheel-rail contact thus substantially improving traffic safety. Keywords: railway bridge, train-bridge interaction, HSR, traffic safety, track stability.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Containers offer cost-cutting opportunities in cargo transportation, loading/unloading operations, improving the efficiency of machinery and equipment utilization. This leads to continued growth in the volume of containerized cargo transportation; however, this growth is held back by the limited number of container terminals where containers are transferred to automotive transport that delivers them to the end receiver. To address this problem, the authors have developed a technology to deliver containers without the use of container terminals (cf.: World of Transport and Transportation, Vol. 14, 2016, Iss. 4). This article assesses the quality of transportation services provided by the old conventional technology in comparison with the suggested one that relies on the use of the self-unloading container. Keywords: automotive transport, transportable container, transportation technology, jack posts, container terminals, container yards, service quality assessment.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT This article reviews methods of using the energy of regenerative braking in metro, offers an analysis of surplus energy in inter-train exchange, and presents the results of simulation modeling. Priority focus is given to correlations between various forms of surplus energy, and to the conditions under which inter-train exchange of energy or energy storage devices can have comparative advantages over each other. Keywords: regenerative braking, metro system, energy storage system, inter-train exchange.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].The background of the problem, objectives and methods are described in Part 1 of the article published in World of Transport and Transportation, Vol. 15, 2017, Iss. 4. ABSTRACT The vast majority of new automobiles are equipped with electromechanical power steering systems (EPS). These systems have clear advantages over hydraulic or pneumatic designs. At the same time, the service life of the EPS has not been fully studied. The EPS is a combination of electronic and mechanical subsystems, which puts certain limits on the application of existing diagnostic methods and tools typically used to monitor the performance and current health of a motor vehicle. This situation adds urgency to the development of standards for managing the health of motor vehicles based on diagnostic information, to organizing research results in this area into a system, and generally addressing the problem of improving the operational reliability of EPS systems. The results of the study should be helpful in developing a methodology for managing EPS reliability and fault-free operation. Keywords: automobile, steering system, electromechanical power steering, equipment health management, reliability, operation.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The article considers different aspects of the impact of the transport on economic growth and on increasing public well-being. The author argues that historical retrospective analysis proves the relationship between transport and transportation developments and economic and demographic situation. The developed graph model also can be used as a proof of positive influence of transport on economic development of countries and societies, in the growth of populations’ well-being thanks to extended customer choice. The author highlights the evident contributions of both passenger and freight transportation. Keywords: transport, economic growth, well-being, exchanges, diversification, differentiation, customer choice, innovation.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The existing situation in the system of estimated pricing determines the need to find methods for assessing the accuracy of standards and their compliance with actual costs. In the article the issues of the functional analysis of corrections in the structure of the estimated cost of construction products that occur due to changes in the requirements of the system of estimated valuations are considered. Methodical approaches to determination of the functional state of expenditures by types of construction using private factor-dependent relationships are proposed. Keywords: transport infrastructure, construction objects, norms, estimated cost, analysis, profit, overhead expenses.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The article examines approaches to justification of transport projects in advanced economies, provides assessment models used in the analysis of investments in the development of transport infrastructure. The advantages of inland waterway transport (low costs for transportation of bulk cargoes, low expenses for maintenance and repair of infrastructure, environmental friendliness, safety) are actualized in the justification of the expediency of transferring part of the cargo flows from bulk cargoes to land transport. The results of calculations of the multiplicative effect are presented on the example of the project of the development of water transport in the river basins of the European part of Russia are given. Keywords: water transport, transport project evaluation models, macroeconomic substantiation, multiplicative effect.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT To attract private investment in the innovative development of the transport system, the researchers believe, it is necessary to improve the methodological basis for assessing the investment attractiveness of capital projects. The article considers the principles that, in the opinion of the authors, should be guided in solving the related problems, and first of all those of them that relate to the infrastructure sphere, transparency and formalization of economic results, payback of financial investments from the state and business. Keywords: economy, innovative project, transport infrastructure, evaluation principle, investment attractiveness.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Optimized approaches to modeling of a region’s transport system based on the principles of dynamic programming are compared with correlation of the volumes of cargo flows with the transport system’s capabilities and the definition of an optimal route of movement for transportation of goods. A methodological tool for modernizing the regional transport system is proposed. Keywords: water transport, auto enterprises, railway, regional transport system, dynamic programming, modeling, international transit.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The principal aspects of existing approaches to management of organization, dominants of its sustainable development, allowing to form new additional competences for a specialist, to form a theoretical and practical basis for training of an engineer manager are considered. The generality of the accompanying tasks, solutions and synergy of their implementation are declared in the system of priorities of Total Quality Management (TQM) and modern innovation and communication technologies on the example of large, structurally heterogeneous, logistically complex infrastructural systems of the transport industry. The authors set a goal to show why these provisions acquire special significance precisely for infrastructure transport and logistics structures, where the price of risk, error, insufficient protection of information is too great. Keywords: transport, logistics, quality management, information, security, engineering management.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The task is considered based on the long-term planning of development of a container transport system (CTS) as a part of a transport complex and associated with rational placement of the terminal infrastructure with respect to the areas of industrial production and consumption of container-compatible products. A methodological approach to clustering of objects of the terminal and logistics infrastructure was developed to create conditions for the mass use of container trains on the railway network. The enterprises are divided into clusters with geometric centers, where stations and container points are located. Keywords: cluster analysis, container transportation, container terminal, placement of transport facilities, container train, storage and distribution center.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)]. ABSTRACT In the article, which has a nature of a review, the views of domestic and foreign researchers on the problems of road safety on roads, the causes of accidents and ways to prevent them are analyzed. Attempts are made to trace the main trends of scientific research in this field, including those that concern diagnostic criteria and indicators for assessing safety of passenger vehicles, as well as the human factor in all its contemporary manifestations. Keywords: road safety, passenger motor transport, accident rate, diagnostics, control criteria, prevention of violations, human factor.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Analysis of the street-road network in the city of Volzhsky, a tense security situation with embarkation and disembarkation of public transport passengers is provided. The discrepancy between the lengths of stopping points and the incoming traffic of buses is determined. Proposals are made to improve the quality of passenger transportation, taking into account safety intervals at bus stops and optimizing the routes of urban public transport, private buses and fixed-route taxis. Keywords: urban public transport, bus, stopping point, safety interval, route network, route optimization.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSRACT The article describes the case when railway transport complex is presented as an element within structured concept of national economy’s transition to sustainable development. A question of formulating objective criteria of environmental safety of freight and passenger transportation is discussed. Environmental aspects of operation of railways are developed, and criteria-based approaches to safety of railway-related infrastructure, rolling stock and environment are suggested. Keywords: railways, transportation, carriage, sustainable development, ecological aspects, criteria of environmental safety.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The article is devoted to description of methodological problems, occurred during application of special software package intended for training civil aviation personnel within the program «CRM - two-man crew resource management». The authors suggest approaches to solution of main problems in assessment of efficiency of interaction in the aircraft crew, and to realization of suggested solutions. The article continues previously discussed topic (see World of Transport and Transportation Vol. 12, 2014, Iss. 5; Vol. 14, 2016, Iss. 1; Vol. 15, 2017, Iss. 3). Keywords: civil aviation, flight safety, CRM, special software, methodological follow-up.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT In the context of modern globalization, transnational corporations (TNC) use social dumping in their practice, which is expressed in the export of low-quality economic resources, political ideas or sociocultural values for their own advantage to underdeveloped countries. The authors of the article, using examples from the activities of international transport unions, show their struggle against such dumping, in defense of the labor rights of wage workers, as well as attempts to establish mutually beneficial cooperation between trade unions, business and government. Keywords: globalization, transport trade unions, international transport workers’ federation (ITWF), social dumping, transnational corporations, trade union struggle strategy, labor rights of workers.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Today there are more than 160 rack railways around the world. Constantly (in winter and summer) about 60 of them operate. Half of all permanent roads are in Switzerland, where, as is known, more than 61 % of the territory is occupied by mountains. A rack railway is a special type of railway with a steep incline, which has toothed wheel gearings, usually located between track rails. The author tells in some detail about the history of their creation, construction and operation. Currently, they are used as a means of moving along tourist routes in mountainous terrain or as urban passenger transport (for example, in Budapest, Zurich or Stuttgart). At the same time, the Swiss rack railways are profitable. In the territory of Russia, there are no rack railways. This despite the fact that in Russia there are also many mountain territories (≈ 33 %). And, as the author rightly points out, rack railways could promote their development and organization of activities that contribute to the development of the local community and the country as a whole. Keywords: mountain relief, tourism, rack railway, history, gear wheel, toothed wheel gearing, turn mechanism, spring shock absorber, Blenkinsop system, Abt system, Marsh system, Riggenbach system, Strub system, Morgan system, Loсher system, Lamell system.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT The authors analyze the organizational problems of the pre-war and wartime and the logistics methods of managing rail and sea transportation of the USSR in the period from 1938 to 1945. The article presents statistics, facts, a historical digression designed to assess the true scale of the «cargo front» and its role in protecting the country, people and overall victory over the enemy in the during the Second World War. Keywords: war, evacuation, logistics, transportation management, railways, sea transport, lend-lease.

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].To commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Russian Railways, the editors rerun this article, an agemate. The editors express their gratitude to the MIIT library personnel for their invaluable help in preparing this material. Zheleznodorozhnoye Delo [Railway Business], 1886, No. 15, pp. 136-137.

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Vacuum and levitation transport systems: scientific foundation, technology and outlook for railways: Collective monograph. Edited by B. M. Lapidus, S. B. Nesterov. Moscow, RAS publ., 2017, 192 p. ABSTRACT Collective monograph of the members and scientific partners of the Joint scientific council of the JSC Russian Railways is devoted to the issues of fundamental research in the field of magnetic levitation and vacuum levitation technology. The publication of the book is a timely and important step towards creation of national innovation and engineering consortium of universities, academic and corporate research institutes, design organizations, innovation and venture companies, who will be capable to promote public industrial, scientific, research and educational policy, aimed at creating new magnetic levitation and vacuum levitation transport systems. Keywords: transport, magnetic levitation, projects, vacuum levitation engineering, transcontinental transport system, future railways.

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].List of books on transport and transportation recently published in Russia is enclosed in attached PDF-file.List compiled by Natalia OLEYNIK

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Thanks to the «wave radar» developed by TU Delft researcher Peter Naaijen, everyone at sea can see whether they will be hit by dangerous waves in the next five minutes and how their vessel will respond to this. Retrieved and compiled from the news of TU Delft of October 6, 2017. Original source : https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2017/tu-delft/new-wave-radar-predicts-exactly-when-it-is-dangerous-at-sea/ .

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ICAO Member States have agreed on a new 2050 Vision for Sustainable Aviation Fuels which will now help to ensure that conventional jet fuels are substituted with sustainable alternatives to a significant percentage by 2050. Retrieved and compiled from ICAO web-site. Original source: https://www.icao.int/ Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-Conference-on-sustainable-alternative-fuels-agrees-on-new- 2050-Vision-to-guide-future-development-and-deployment.aspx

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Retrieved and compiled from IRU Web-site news. Original source: https://www.iru.org/resources/ newsroom/electric-vehicles-part-solution

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].IRU and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) signed on October 6, 2017 agreements on the digitalisation of the customs transit procedure under the TIR Convention, to boost international transport and trade by improving the efficiency and security of customs procedures through enhanced data management. Retrieved and compiled from IRU WWeb-site news. Original source: https://www.iru.org/resources/ newsroom/agreements-tir-digitalisation-signed-un

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].The agreement was signed on October 13, 2017 during an offsite session held at Russian Railways of the Collegium of Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor) and the Public Council at Rostransnadzor. Retrieved and compiled from Russian Railways press service news: http://eng.rzd.ru/newse/ public/en? STRUCTURE_ID=15&layer_id=48 39&refererLayerId=4530&id=107160

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ICAO’s 13th Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Strategy Symposium took place on October 24-26, 2017. Retrieved and compiled from ICAO Web-site news. Original source: https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-traveller-identification-event-highlights-key-aviation-role-in-combatting-terrorism-and-cross-border-crime.aspx

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].During the summer 2017 more than 10 thousand students worked as on-board passenger attendants in long-distance trains of JSC Federal Passenger Company. News of press service of Russian Railways.

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Delegation of the Ecole Supérieure des cadres de l’infrastructure (ECSI [High School of Infrastructure Staff]) of the National Company of French Railways (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français) headed by new ECSI director Françis Belling visited Russian University of Transport. Russian University of Transport news.