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  • UAE to Oman railway project promoter Hafeet Rail has awarded Progress Rail a contact to supply 27 EMD SD70ACS diesel locomotives.
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    Oman – UAE railway locomotive and technical support contracts awarded

    2024-10-11T13:34:00Z

    ASIA: UAE to Oman railway project promoter Hafeet Rail has awarded Progress Rail a contact to supply 27 EMD SD70ACS diesel locomotives. These will be designed to withstand the desert conditions, with advanced sand filtration systems as well as carbon emission reduction technologies. ‘This partnership reaffirms ...

  • Saudi Arabia Railways has invited expressions of interest in the supply of 200 km/h trainsets to expand and modernise the passenger fleet on the north–south network.
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    Saudi Arabia Railways seeks 200 km/h trainsets

    2024-10-07T11:00:00Z

    SAUDI ARABIA: National operator Saudi Arabia Railways has invited expressions of interest in the supply of 200 km/h trainsets to expand and modernise the passenger fleet on the north–south network. SAR is seeking 15 trainsets each comprising two power cars and five coaches, as well eight ...

  • Kazakhstan freight train (Photo KTZ) (1)
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    LNG locomotive fuel agreement signed

    2024-08-30T09:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: A framework agreement for the use of liquefied natural gas instead of diesel to fuel locomotives has been signed by national railway KTZ, loco manufacturer Wabtec and Canada-based central Asian energy company Condor Energies. In 2022 KTZ and Wabtec signed a memorandum of understanding for ...

  • KiwiRail Stadler Class DM diesel locomotives (Photo KiwiRail) (2)
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    KiwiRail locomotives shipped to New Zealand

    2024-08-29T11:05:00Z

    NEW ZEALAND: Stadler has shipped the first two of the Class DM main line diesel locomotives that its Valencia factory in Spain is building for KiwiRail. In 2021 the national railway awarded Stadler a €228m contract to supply 57 six-axle locomotives for ...

  • Clayton Class 18 shunting loco (Photo GBRf)
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    GB Railfreight deploys diesel-battery hybrid shunting locos

    2024-08-13T04:00:00Z

    UK: GB Railfreight has leased four Clayton Equipment Class 18 Hybrid+ shunting locomotives from Beacon Rail to support its work delivering materials for infrastructure manager Network Rail. Developed by Clayton primarily for industrial use and as a replacement for the ageing Class 08 diesel shunters, the ...

  • Drax train (Photo DB Cargo UK)
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    Freight operator says HVO is the only alternative to electrification

    2024-08-06T04:00:00Z

    UK: ‘Until a firm commitment is made to electrification of the UK network, hydro-treated vegetable oil is the only credible solution to rail freight decarbonisation’, according to DB Cargo UK’s Chief Sales Officer Roger Neary. ’More services could be operated with HVO if the right policies ...

  • Simandou loco order (Photo Wabtec)
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    Locomotives ordered to support Simandou iron ore venture

    2024-07-31T15:15:00Z

    GUINEA: The SimFer mining joint venture has awarded Wabtec a US$277m contract to supply Evolution Series ES43ACmi diesel locomotives for the Simandou iron ore project. The number of locos is not being disclosed but is understood to be several dozen. Wabtec said the dual-cab locomotives with ...

  • Wabtec has begun maintaining locomotives at Gooty in Andhra Pradesh under a model which sees Indian Railways provide the infrastructure and manpower
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    Wabtec expands Indian locomotive servicing capabilities

    2024-07-26T14:15:00Z

    INDIA: Wabtec has begun maintaining locomotives at Gooty in Andhra Pradesh under a model which sees Indian Railways provide the infrastructure and staff while the manufacturer leads technical supervision to meet availability, reliability and fuel efficiency targets. The three-year contract covers the regular maintenance of up ...

  • KTZ CRRC shunting locos (Photo KTZ)
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    KTZ begins taking delivery of CRRC locomotives

    2024-07-07T05:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has taken delivery of the first four of up to 200 locomotives which are to be supplied by CRRC under a US$1·3bn framework agreement signed when Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited China last October. The CKD6S diesel shunting locos being supplied by ...

  • Freightliner Class 66 to be fitted with ETCS (Photo Freightliner)
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    In-house ETCS installation for Class 66 variant

    2024-06-24T11:00:00Z

    UK: Freightliner and Siemens Mobility are to undertake the first-in-class retrofitting of ETCS equipment to a Class 66V, a variant of the widely-used EMD Class 66 diesel locomotive family. A DB Cargo UK Class 66 has previously been retrofitted with ETCS at Progress Rail’s site in ...

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    Carbon Clean & Capture process cuts diesel loco emissions

    2024-06-12T11:00:00Z

    UK: Independent testing has been undertaken to measure the reduction in emissions which can obtained by fitting a diesel shunting locomotive with Advanced Hydrogen Technologies Group’s Engine Carbon Clean & Capture technology. AHT worked with Harry Needle Railroad Co, which owns the 1950s designed Class 08 ...

  • Vale deal (Photo Wabtec)
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    Maintenance deal to enhance Carajás loco fleet

    2024-06-07T14:00:00Z

    BRAZIL: Mining group Vale has signed a 10-year master service agreement with Wabtec Corp for maintenance of the Evolution series diesel-electric locomotives used on the 1 600 mm gauge Estrada de Ferro Carajás. Worth R$1∙8bn, the agreement will ‘optimise the maintenance services for Vale’s fleet, increasing ...

  • Mapna MAP30 diesel locomotive (3)
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    Domestically produced Iranian locomotive unveiled

    2024-05-23T11:00:00Z

    IRAN: Mapna Group has unveiled a MAP30 freight locomotive with a MP610 diesel engine. Mapna said the 2 950 kW locomotive is designed to withstand the most severe weather conditions and would be ‘a robust addition to the country’s rail fleet’. Components including the traction motors, ...

  • Vossloh Rolling Stock DE18 locomotive  at Messina (Photo Vossloh Rolling Stock) (6)
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    Train ferry shunting locos supplied

    2024-05-22T14:00:00Z

    ITALY: Vossloh Rolling Stock has supplied FS Group’s Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal subsidiary with five DE18 diesel locomotives for shunting trains onto Strait of Messina train ferries and three for hauling maintenance trains around Napoli and Torino. The locomotives have been purchased ...

  • PT KAI EMD GT38AC diesel locomotive (Photo Progress Rail)
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    Indonesian locomotive maintenance services agreement signed

    2024-05-22T10:00:00Z

    INDONESIA: National railway PT KAI and Progress Rail have signed a six-year maintenance services agreement covering 35 EMD GT38AC diesel locomotives which were delivered in 2022 to haul coal trains in south Sumatra. The MSA covers a major overhaul, parts for all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, ...

  • 01 Vollert Finland Pori Robot Tandem DER 150
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    Shunting robot deployed at Finnish port

    2024-05-22T05:00:00Z

    FINLAND: Vollert Anlagenbau has supplied a Tandem DER 150 radio-controlled shunting robot to move trains being loaded with iron sulphate at the port of Pori in Finland. The 100 tonne machine has a Stage V-compliant diesel engine powering four electric motors on the four axles and ...

  • Traxtion has completed a major overhaul of five Class 39 diesel locomotives
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    Locos modernised for African lease fleet

    2024-05-21T11:01:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: Leasing company Traxtion has completed a major overhaul of five Class 39 diesel locomotives which it acquired from South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail as part of a strategy of expanding its fleet to meet a growing demand for rail freight services in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

  • Sierra Leone loco staff (Photo CRRC)
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    President unveils Sierra Leone iron ore railway locos

    2024-05-17T14:00:00Z

    SIERRA LEONE: President Julius Maada Bio attended the unveiling of 10 diesel locomotives which CRRC Ziyang has supplied for the 197 km railway linking Leone Rock Metal Group’s New Tonkoliri Iron Mine with the port of Pepel. The locos were unveiled on ...

  • Tavan Tolgoi Progress Rail locomotive (2)
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    Progress Rail locos delivered to Mongolian coal railway

    2024-05-14T09:00:00Z

    MONGOLIA: Progress Rail has delivered the first four of 16 SD70ACe/LW locomotives for the 234 km heavy haul railway which connects the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposits in the Gobi desert to an inland port close to the Chinese border at Gashuun Sukhait. The 1 520 mm ...

  • DB Cargo UK 66039 fitted with ETCS technology travels to RIDC (Photo Network Rail)
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    Class 66 ETCS testing underway

    2024-05-02T11:00:00Z

    UK: Dynamic testing has begun with a DB Cargo UK Class 66 diesel locomotive which has been retrofitted with ETCS as the First in Class for the roll-out of the digital signalling technology across the most common type of freight loco in the UK. As part ...