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Rebuild to uprate SA locos
NOW nearing completion in Transwerk’s Bloemfontein factory in South Africa is the prototype for a fleet of rebuilt Class 34 diesel locomotives. To be known as Class 39, the rebuilt Co-Co units will offer a 15% increase in available traction power to give a nominal rating of nearly 2500hp.EMD 16-645 ...
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Madrid - Valladolid makes progress
WITHIN a budget of €177·3m, bids have been invited for a contract to supply interlockings, train protection systems, telecommunications, GSM-R radio and a traffic control centre for the Madrid - Valladolid high speed line and its branch to Medina del Campo. A second contract worth up to €51·6m has also ...
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Market
Australia:BHP Billiton Iron Ore has ordered a further 10 SD70ACe 4300hp diesel locos from Downer EDI subsidiary EDI Rail, taking the mining firm’s total order to 24. They will be assembled in Canada by EMD for delivery during 2007.Belgium:SNCB has ordered a further 90 M6 double-deck coaches worth €166m for ...
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Passengers return to Puerto Montt
CHILEAN President Ricardo Lagos was on board EFE’s inaugural Victoria - Puerto Montt service on December 6, marking the completion of a $44m upgrade that has restored passenger services on the 388·8 km Temuco - Puerto Montt route (RG 9.05 p520). The service frequency was due to be increased to ...
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Trams return in New Orleans
LIMITED tram services resumed in New Orleans on December 18, four months after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Earlier estimates indicated it might take a year to restore the services, but RTA has come up with a compromise. The 35 historic Perley Thomas cars used on the St ...
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People
Roger Nober, Chairman of the US Surface Transportation Board, has announced his resignation with effect from January 3. Bremer Stra§enbahn CEO Georg Drechsler has been elected Chairman of the UITP Light Rail Committee, succeeding Raymond Hue of Rouen. Head of Public Transport at Dubai Municipality Abdul Aziz Malik ...
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Pointers
Plans to build an electrified heavy-haul railway across Namibia were announced by Falcon Resource Holdings in November. CEO Mike Gaomab said consultants had been appointed to undertake economic and environmental impact studies. The 1600 km Trans-Kalahari railway would link Morupule colliery in northeast Botswana with a new port at Shearwater ...
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Polish win
TWO coach modernisation contracts have been won by H Cegielski in Poznan. A 50m zloty contract covers 25 PKP Intercity cars, which will be modified for 200 km/h operation and gain air-conditioning, retention toilets and improved accessibility. Some compartments will be converted into ’managers suites’. A second contract worth 70m ...
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PPP upgrading
FINNISH infrastructure authority RHK has decided to undertake the upgrading of its eastern main line from Lahti to the Russian border at Vainikkala using a public-private partnership.Work on the 152 km route is due to start in 2007 as part of the Helsinki - St Petersburg high speed project, which ...
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Spie for sale
AMEC plc announced on November 24 that it has begun the process of selling AMEC Spie, following a review of the group’s options for long-term growth.The board believes that AMEC Spie would be best able to participate in industry consolidation outside AMEC. The sale will be completed in the spring, ...
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Spares services
BOMBARDIER is expanding its North American rail services business to encompass the supply of spare parts for passenger rolling stock from other manufacturers, a market which it values at US$500m annually.President of Bombardier Transportation, North America, William Spurr said part of the company’s life-cycle approach to fleet management is to ...
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Tram-train timetable set
MEETING in Mulhouse on November 26, the steering committee for the city’s pilot tram-train project agreed a target date of 2010 for opening the initial route between Mulhouse and Thann.Headed by the President of the Alsace regional council Adrien Zeller, the committee includes representatives from Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin and Alsace as ...
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Speedway upgrade
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN and Norfolk Southern have agreed to form a joint venture to improve the 515 km KCS route between Meridian, Mississippi, and Shreveport, Louisiana. Under the `Meridian Speedway’ project, KCS, which retains operational control, will transfer the line to the joint venture for a 70% stake. NS will ...
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Talking in Sweden
AVITEC has won a €3·5m contract to install OnBoard Repeaters to improve mobile telephone coverage on Swedish X2000 trains. Under the agreement signed by SJ, TeliaSonera, 3, Tele 2 and Vodafone in October, the entire fleet of 200 cars will be equipped by June 2006. A roof-mounted antenna is connected ...
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Wear-resistant wheels
HIGH-GRADE steel designed to reduce damage from rolling contact fatigue has been selected for wheels being supplied by Lucchini Sidermeccanica.Branded as Superlos grade, the steel is a pearlitic silicon and manganese carbon mix which the supplier says is well-suited to a low-temperature environment.Lucchini’s contract is in two parts. One covers ...
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Emissions laws drive diesel innovations
EUROPEAN Union regulations setting stringent limits on exhaust emissions from diesel engines used in rail traction will start to come into force on January 1. From now on engines fitted to new diesel railcars or multiple-units must meet Stage 3A of the European emissions limits for off-highway vehicles, while new ...
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Finnish cut-off completed
THE LAST rail was laid on September 28 to complete the 74 km cut-off between Kerava and Lahti in Finland. Work on the project began in October 2002, and the line is expected to open for revenue operation in September 2006. Partially funded by Russia and the EU, the €331m ...
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NewsDublin dominates Irish investment
RAIL expansion projects in Dublin and across the country form the backbone of the €34·4bn Transport 21 investment package unveiled by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Transport Minister Martin Cullen at Dublin Castle on November 1. Bringing together many existing proposals into a 10-year package, Transport 21 is expected to make ...
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NewsNarrow-gauge tycoons revive Poland's regional lines
Originally established by railway enthusiasts, SKPL has grown into a significant commercial operator of regional services on narrow gauge networks closed by Poland's state railway
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Restructuring announced by ABB
ABB has announced details of a restructuring which will take effect from January 1 2006, replacing its two core divisions with five business areas.Under the plan, the current Technologies and Automation Technologies divisions will be abolished, to be replaced by Zürich-based Power Products, Power Systems and Automation Products divisions, a ...