FREIGHT
12 Jun 2008 | Board battle grows increasingly bitter
USA: The heated dispute between CSX and some of its major shareholders looks set to reach a climax at the company's annual general meeting later this month. More...
04 Jun 2008 | Armenian concession starts
ARMENIA: South Caucasus Railways officially took over the management of Armenian Railways on June 1 under a concession agreement signed on January 16. More...
03 Jun 2008 | Bogies take boxes 8 000 km further
LOW BOGIE: SCT Europe has supplied wagon manufacturer WH Davis with its Barber Low Ride 14.25 bogie for use on 57 tonne gross laden weight Super Low 45 container wagons. The 577 mm diameter wheels give the wagons a low deck height of 720 mm above the rail. This will allow 45 ft x 9 ft 6 in containe More...
01 Jun 2008 | Multipurpose wagon rolls out
WAGON: Kockums Industrier's Malmö plant has begun deliveries of 70 twin-section wagons ordered by Norwegian factory-to-showroom car transport company Autolink. Each wagon can carry 12 cars within its weld-free aluminium body. To maximise utilisation the upper deck can be lowered to enable the wago More...
19 May 2008 | Alice - Darwin line for sale
AUSTRALIA: Adelaide to Darwin railway concessionaire FreightLink announced on May 19 that it had appointed UBS to advise on the sale of the business, and expressions of interest were now being sought. CEO John Fullerton said the sale 'will provide the opportunity for the new owners of FreightLink More...
17 May 2008 | Freight loco unveiled
SPAIN: RENFE has unveiled the first of 100 freight locomotives that are being built at its Villaverde workshops in joint venture with Bombardier. Rated at 5 400 kW, the 3 kV DC locos are part of the Traxx family and have a maximum speed of 140 km/h. Under a €442m rolling stock investment programme f More...
08 May 2008 | Inland Railway study
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has commissioned an economic feasibility study to develop an optimum alignment for an inland railway between Melbourne and Brisbane. Transport & Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese announced on March 28 that A$15m has been allocated for the study, which ART More...
06 May 2008 | 'Our most critical year'
Francesco Grotti of Rail Traction Company tells Nick Kingsley that Italy's first open access operator is optimistic about the future despite uncertainty over train control technology, crew deployment and locomotive procurement More...
03 May 2008 | Broad gauge to Austria
EUROPE: A protocol setting out plans to study the feasibility of extending a 1 520 mm gauge line to Bratislava and Wien has been signed by the national railways of Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine and Russia. The hope is that a through broad gauge route will help to attract freight traffic from Asia More...
01 May 2008 | GWI buys Rotterdam port hauler
NETHERLANDS: On April 15 US-based shortline operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced it had acquired Rotterdam Rail Feeding, an independent provider of 'last mile' haulage and shunting services within the Port of Rotterdam. With 35 employees and a fleet of 13 locomotives, RRF also provides trac More...
