NEWS
26 Aug 2008 | UP genset shunters begin work
USA: Union Pacific has begun testing four RP20SD 2000 hp genset loconmotives built by Railpower for the Roseville hump yard 30 km northeast of Sacramento. The locos use the frames and bogies of scrapped six-axle EMD road switchers, and have three gensets onboard with room for a fourth to be instal More...
25 Aug 2008 | Italian crossing upgrade
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI and track maintenance contractors Salcef and Ar.Fer have awarded three contracts for the first applications of Holdfast rubber level crossing panels in the country, after seeing the technology on display at Expo Ferroviaria in Torino earlier this year. RFI will us More...
25 Aug 2008 | Talking in tunnels
SWEDEN: Axell Wireless is to begin installing a comprehensive radio communications system from the start of next year in the 6 km Citytunnel beneath Malmö. The Anglo-Swedish company, which was created in July 2007 through the merger of AFL and Avitec, is to install the communications network under More...
24 Aug 2008 | News in Brief
India's Northeast Frontier Railway will this month begin regular services to Agartala, the capital of Tripura. Work on the 119 km line from Kumarghat began in 1996, and the first train arrived in Agartala on June 29. Construction of a further 110 km to Sabroom is scheduled to start next ye More...
23 Aug 2008 | Rail loader deliveries
SWITZERLAND: Next month Swiss Federal Railways will take delivery of the last of a batch of 22 rail loaders ordered from Robel. The two six-wagon and 20 two-wagon rail loaders are equipped with a total of 80 electric and 24 mechanical cranes. They enable rapid loading and transport of rails and sw More...
22 Aug 2008 | Port projects progress
AUSTRALIA: The Western Australia government confirmed on July 29 that it had selected the Oakajee Port & Rail joint venture of Murchison Metals and Mitsubishi for the concession to develop an A$3bn port and rail network serving eight iron ore reserves in the mid-West region east of Geraldton. The pa More...
22 Aug 2008 | Split follows Angel Trains sale
ANGEL TRAINS: Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains will be split into stand-alone UK and continental European businesses, the new owners announced following the completion of their £3·6bn acquisition on August 6. Following regulatory approval, Royal Bank of Scotland sold Angel Trains to a co More...
21 Aug 2008 | GE ships first CML diesel locomotive to China
CHINA: The first of 300 Evolution Series diesel locomotives being supplied to Chinese Railways by GE Transportation and Qishuyan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works is due to arrive at Tianjin at the end of August, under a US$450m contract awarded in October 2005. Rated at 6250 hp, the six-axle CML ( More...
21 Aug 2008 | Great Wall train launched in Beijing
CHINA: To coincide with the Olympic Games an upgraded passenger service has been introduced between Beijing and the popular tourist destination of Badaling, the nearest section of the Great Wall to the capital. Launched on August 7, the 16 daily Line S2 services takes around 1 h 20 min to cover th More...
21 Aug 2008 | Government invests in KiwiRail growth
NEW ZEALAND: Improvements to commuter services in Auckland and Wellington and an overhaul of Tranz Scenic services are included in a five-year NZ$80·2m investment package announced by Finance Minister Michael Cullen, who said he will present a paper to the cabinet proposing an expansion of the role More...
