All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2010 – Page 4

  • Hayratan.
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    Construction of Afghan railway launched

    2010-01-27T09:57:00Z

    AFGHANISTAN: A ceremony on January 22 marked the start of construction of a 75 km rail link from Uzbekistan to the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. The line is being built by Uzbek national railway UTY, which said it will be 'a vivid testimony to the friendly relations between ...

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    Recession-hit wagon deal is revised

    2010-01-28T05:00:00Z

    USA: The Greenbrier Companies and General Electric Railcar Services have reached an agreement to reduce an order for 11900 tank and hopper wagons which was signed in 2007 when trade was booming, but which GERS sought to cut back once the recession hit demand. The contract has been reduced to ...

  • Coal train.
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    Hunter Valley loco and wagon orders

    2010-01-28T10:05:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: QR announced A$126m of orders for locomotives and wagons on January 28, to support Hunter Valley coal haulage contracts awarded by Peabody Energy Australia and Felix Resources. UGL Ltd is to supply 15 Class 5020 C44ACHi diesel locomotives between December 2010 and May 2011 at a cost of A$93m, ...

  • Bombardier Transportation IORE locomotive for LKAB heavy haul iron ore traffic.
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    Heavy haul hand over

    2010-01-28T11:28:00Z

    SWEDEN: The first of a second batch of Bombardier Transportation IORE 2 x 5·4 MW twin-unit electric locomotives was handed over to the Malmtrafik i Kiruna AB heavy haul rail subsidiary of mining firm LKAB on January 26. Nine similar locomotives delivered in 2000-04 are now hauling iron ore trains ...

  • Impression of high speed train for California.
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    Obama names inter-city rail projects to share $8bn

    2010-01-28T16:00:00Z

    USA: President Obama announced the high speed and inter-city rail projects which will share $8bn of federal funding during a visit to Tampa, Florida, on January 28. States and local communities were able to compete for the money which was announced in April 2009 as part of the American Recovery ...

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    Construction control

    2010-01-29T12:18:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Transtec Gotthard has awarded Funkwerk Information Technologies a seven-year contract worth in excess of SFr8m covering automatic location detection and train control equipment for construction trains in and around the Gotthard base tunnel. The equipment is based on Funkwerk's AlisterCargo electronic interlocking, which is already in use in a ...

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    Metro-North Railroad M-8s on show

    2010-01-30T05:00:00Z

    USA: The first two-car set of M-8 EMUs for Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line went on public display for the first time on December 24. The State of Connecticut is paying almost $700m for 300 vehicles to replace the oldest cars in the existing fleet and expand capacity. In addition, ...

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    Transit City LRT groundbreaking

    2010-01-31T05:00:00Z

    CANADA: A groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 21 for the 14 km Sheppard East light rail route in Toronto, the first of seven Transit City projects to get underway. Starting from the existing Don Mills terminus of the Sheppard subway, the line will run east along Sheppard Avenue to ...