Freight news – Page 14
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NewsFirst battery Vectron locos ordered
SWITZERLAND: Widmer Rail Services company JeMyn has placed the first order for two Siemens Mobility Vectron electric locomotives with a battery module. This will enable zero-emission last mile freight and shunting operations on non-electrified tracks. Financing for the order announced on February 5 is being provided ...
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NewsVTG takes full ownership of Retrack Slovakia
SLOVAKIA: VTG has strengthened its position in the Germany – eastern Europe rail freight market by acquiring the remaining shares in Retrack Slovakia and its Hungarian and Czech subsidiaries from Rail Services Slovakia. Retrack Slovakia was founded as Carbo Rail in 2016 through the merger of ...
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NewsWagon services to be offered at Texas storage site
USA: Union Tank Car Co is to provide wagon cleaning and repair services at 225 Rail’s storage facility at Pasadena in Texas. The site has space to store 1 000 wagons. The repair facilities will be able to handle various wagon types, including tanks and hoppers. ...
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In depthUruguay: A railway at a standstill
While freight trains are now running over Uruguay’s renovated Ferrocarril Central main line, the rest of the network has almost no traffic, undermining promises of investment made in recent years. Marcelo Benoit reports.
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NewsPhoenix Rail rises with acquisition of Lehigh Valley Rail Management
USA: Infrastructure investor Ancala has launched short line rail business Phoenix Rail, with its first deal being the acquisition of Lehigh Valley Rail Management which owns short line and terminal facilities at Bethlehem and Johnstown in Pennsylvania. Phoenix Rail is led by CEO Alex Yeros, COO ...
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NewsWabtec awarded second TransGuinéen Railway loco order
GUINEA: Iron order mining company Winning Consortium Simandou has awarded Wabtec a US$248m contract to supply Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives for use on the TransGuinéen Railway. Wabtec said the dual-cab diesel locos would be powered by a 4 500 hp Evolution Series engine offering fuel efficiency ...
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NewsFort Bliss rail yard expansion contract awarded
USA: The United States Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Granite a $71m contract to expand and update the rail yard serving the Fort Bliss military site at El Paso in Texas. This will add loading spurs, expand the vehicle staging area and create a secondary ...
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NewsLoco delivered to concrete products factory
GERMANY: Max Bögl has taken delivery of a 1·8 MW Vossloh Rolling Stock DE18 diesel-electric locomotive for shunting and short distance freight operations at its Sengenthal site in Bayern. The four-axle loco meets the Stage V emissions standard and can use HVO fuel. It will replace ...
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NewsChilean freight operator orders Wabtec locos
CHILE: Rail logistics company Transap has ordered four Wabtec C30ACi diesel locomotives as part of its fleet renewal plans. The C30ACi is designed for routes with light axle-loads and sharp curves, with AC individual-axle traction control technology enabling one loco to do the work of two ...
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Rail Business UKQuarry shunting loco to be converted to battery power
UK: Positive Traction has been awarded an order to rebuild a Class 08 diesel shunter used by Heidelberg Materials at Whatley Quarry into an 08e zero-emission battery locomotive. This follows two weeks of trials with the prototype 08e loco at the quarry in October. The production ...
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NewsRail freight operators propose four measures to boost growth
UK: Ahead of consultation on the government’s rail reform bill, operating group association Rail Partners and its five freight members have published A Greener Track making four proposals to support growth. The first is for the bill to include legal protections to maintain investor confidence in ...
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NewsWagons ordered under SBB Cargo fleet standardisation strategy
SWITZERLAND: SBB Cargo has awarded Tatravagónka contracts to supply up to 840 wagons as part of its strategy to standardise its fleet.
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NewsWaberer’s acquires majority stake in GySEV Cargo
HUNGARY: Hungarian logistics company Waberer’s International signed an agreement on December 23 to acquire a 62·5% stake in Hungarian-Austrian rail freight company GySEV Cargo. The remaining stakes remain with GySEV, which had held 100% of shares prior the acquisition. Closing of the transaction is expected by ...
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NewsHeavy steel train tests digital automatic couplers in real-world conditions
SWEDEN: The country’s heaviest freight trains outside the iron ore sector are being used to test digital automatic couplers in real-world conditions. DAC equipment from Dellner and Voith has been fitted to wagons used on daily 3 800 tonne trains which Green Cargo uses to transport ...
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NewsHeavy duty wagons ordered for military transport in the Arctic
EUROPE: Finland’s VR FleetCare has won an international tender to design and build wagons for the transport of tanks and other heavy military equipment in Arctic conditions. The order placed by Norwegian rail infrastructure manager Bane Nor on December 20 on behalf of the Norwegian and ...