Australia: Ove Arup & Partners is to study options for a 40 km rail link to serve the coastal resorts of Caloundra and Maroochydore north of Brisbane.
Austria: ÖBB has ordered 1314 electronic door mechanisms from Faiveley, which is also supplying 120 doors to LHB for LINT railcars being built for DB.
Brazil: MRS Logistica SA has contracted Tecfer to overhaul 7 GE diesel shunters; the 720hp Cooper-Bessemer engines will be replaced by rehabilitated Alco/Hatch & Kirk 1000hp 6-251B units.
Canada: CN and CP are planning to outsource jointly brake component maintenance, following earlier joint communications and control tenders (RG 7.97 p437).
France: Alcatel Alsthom has won a Fr1bn turnkey contract to supply a long-distance communications network for SNCF and Cegetel, for commissioning by 2002.
SNCF has exercised an option for 16 double-deck TER2N two-car EMUs to be built by ANF Industrie and GEC Alsthom for Fr425m, bringing the total fleet to 76.
Great Britain: BT Global Technology & Consultancy has won a £5m five-year contract from Siemens as part of a programme to implement cab radio for Railtrack in southern England.
New Zealand: Tranz Rail is buying 16 coaches from Auckland’s Mainline Steam Trust and 45 ex-BR MkII coaches from Britain to augment its fleet.
Slovakia: ZSR has bought 10 air-conditioned 160 km/h Type WLABmee couchette cars from DWA; they were built in 1994-96 for RZD, but not delivered.
Sweden: Nordwaggon AB has ordered 100 close-coupled wagons from Deutsche Waggonbau Niesky for delivery in 1999.
Syria: Wagon Pars Co of Iran is building 500 tank wagons for CFS.
Taiwan: TRA has called tenders for supply of train radio equipment, including 36 base stations and 60 sets of on-train transmitter/receivers.
Thailand: Cogifer and Italian Thai Development Public Co Ltd have won a US$15m contract to double SRT’s 61 km Klong Rangsit - Ban Phachi line.
Turkey: TCDD has extended a deadline to tender for construction of 60 electric locomotives to August 20.
USA: Bombardier and GEC Alsthom have won a C$52m contract to build six ’American Flyer’ electric locos to operate MARC commuter trains in Baltimore; the 200 km/h locos will have stainless steel bodies with a crashworthy cab design.
On July 11 New York MTA signed the US$907m contract for Bombardier to supply 680 R-142 metro cars (RG 6.97 p362). Deliveries are to start in 1999.
Wisconsin Central has ordered 100 hi-cube boxcars from Greenbrier for $7m.
MBTA has awarded a $7m contract to ABC Rail Products subsidiary AST Inc for signalling on its 16 km commuter rail extension from Ipswich to Newburyport.
Uruguay: AFE plans to call tenders for lease of additional rolling stock to work suburban services in Montevideo.
