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NewsGATX and Trinity announce four-year wagon deal
USA: An agreement for Trinity Industries to supply leasing company GATX with 8 950 wagons over four years was announced on November 3. The majority of the order will be for tank cars. The agreement comes into effect in 2016 when an existing five-year deal covering 12 500 wagons ...
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NewsContract awarded for Mexico City – Querétaro high speed line
MEXICO: On November 3 the federal Secretariat of Communications & Transport announced that a consortium including China Railway Construction Corp and CSR had been selected for the turnkey contract to build, operate and maintain a high speed line between Mexico City and Querétaro. Including rolling stock and other railway equipment, ...
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NewsGE delivering Florida East Coast Railway locos
USA: Florida East Coast Railway is about to take delivery of the first of 24 GE Transportation ES44C4 locomotives which it ordered in January. All of the Tier 3 compliant Evolution Series locomotives are scheduled to arrive in Florida by the end of the year. The four-motored locomotives will ...
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NewsCanaveral Port Authority seeks to revive NASA railway
USA: Canaveral Port Authority has announced its intention to apply to the Surface Transportation Board for powers to build and operate a rail link between its port on Atlantic and the Florida East Coast Railway near Titusville, Florida. This would eliminate the need for road haulage between the port and ...
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News10 expressions of interest in California high speed fleet
USA: By the ‘soft deadline’ of October 22, California High Speed Rail Authority had received 10 responses to its request for expressions of interest in a contract to supply trainsets and a maintenance facility. Responses were submitted by: Alstom Transportation;AnsaldoBreda;Bombardier Transit Corp;CSR Corp;Hyundai Rotem;Marnell Transportation;Kawasaki Rail Car;Siemens Industry;SunGroup USA & ...
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NewsCP ends CSX merger talks
NORTH AMERICA: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd announced on October 20 that an ‘exploratory conversation’ about a possible merger with CSX Corp had ended, and that no further talks were planned. CP confirmed that it had proposed a merger which it envisaged would create ‘an integrated coast-to-coast combination that would ...
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NewsConverter contract to enhance Northeast Corridor power supplies
USA: Amtrak has awarded Siemens a ‘mid double-digit million dollar’ contract to enhance its traction power supply facility at Metuchen in New Jersey on the Washington, DC – New York – Boston Northeast Corridor. Under the contract, Siemens is to deliver, install and commission two 30 MW converter units. It ...
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NewsCalifornia begins high speed rolling stock procurement
USA: Expressions of interest are to be submitted to the California High Speed Rail Authority by October 22 from potential suppliers of high speed trainsets for the planned 836 km network that would link the San Francisco Bay Area with the Los Angeles basin by 2028. Issuing its call for ...
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NewsTrack renewals completed for Chicago – St Louis upgrade
USA: Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn joined officials from Union Pacific and Amtrak in Granite City on September 22 to mark the completion of track renewals on UP’s Chicago – St Louis route, marking ‘a significant milestone’ in the programme to upgrade the route for passenger services to operate at ...
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NewsFerromex and Ferrosur order EMD SD70ACe
MEXICO: Electro-Motive Diesel of the USA is to supply 19 SD70ACe locomotives to freight operator Ferromex and 15 of the same type to its sister company Ferrosur, EMD’s parent Progress Rail Services announced on September 24. The locomotives are due to enter service by June 2015 under contracts which both ...
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NewsSiemens to build Florida inter-city trains
USA: Private passenger promoter All Aboard Florida has selected Siemens to supply trainsets for its proposed Miami – Orlando inter-city service using the Florida East Coast Railway, the two companies announced on September 11. Siemens is to supply 200 km/h Charger diesel locomotives and ‘modern single-level inter-city passenger cars’. These ...
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NewsCN inaugurates Winnipeg training centre
CANADA: Canadian National’s C$35m employee training centre in Winnipeg was officially inaugurated on September 9. President & CEO Claude Mongeau said ‘this state-of-the-art training centre is a cornerstone in CN’s workforce renewal, which this year will see the hiring of more than 3&bsp;500 employees across our North American network. It ...
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NewsEast Japan Railway targets Californian high speed contracts
USA: JR East is to lead a Japanese consortium in bidding for railway systems contracts for the Los Angeles – San Francisco high speed line now being developed by the California High Speed Rail Authority. JR East announced in Tokyo that it expects to work in partnership with six other ...
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NewsARG Transportation selected to revive central Washington line
USA: Washington State Department of Transportation has selected San Pedro & Southwestern Railroad and Coos Bay Rail Link operator ARG Transportation to revive freight services on the 40 km Othello – Royal City line in central Washington. ARG is to spend six months determining interest from prospective customers. If the ...
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NewsFRA funds Short Line Safety Institute
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded grants of $250 000 to the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association and $100 000 to the University of Connecticut to support the development of a Short Line Safety Institute. SLSI is intended to help mitigate the risks associated with shipping hazardous ...
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NewsTendering starts for high speed line to Querétaro
MEXICO: During a ceremony held in the city of Querétaro on August 15, federal Secretary of Communications & Transport Gerardo Ruiz and Querétaro state governor José Calzada formally signed off tendering documentation for the project to build a high speed line between Mexico City and Querétaro. Representing an investment in ...
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NewsToronto airport rail link DMU delivered
CANADA: The first two of 18 diesel multiple-unit cars being supplied by Sumitomo for Toronto’s Union-Pearson Express airport rail link has been delivered to regional transport agency Metrolinx. The US$75m order placed in 2011 covers 12 Type A driving cars and six Type B intermediate cars with toilets, which will ...
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NewsSiemens Rail Automation expands to meet PTC demand
USA: Siemens Rail Automation is to expand its manufacturing and engineering capabilities in Pittsburgh by bringing its current East Pittsburgh and 18th Street facilities together on a new site in Munhall. Siemens is to invest $1m in the facility, with the state providing a $0·2m grant plus tax incentives ...
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NewsNippon Sharyo expands US rolling stock plant
USA: Nippon Sharyo USA has opened a third production hall at its plant in Rochelle, Illinois. ‘We will now be able to fabricate, weld, and assemble parts for our car bodyshells right here, making Nippon Sharyo a 100% Buy America compliant rail car builder’, said Nippon Sharyo Chairman ...
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NewsA good look around
USA: The Hi-Vis cab has been designed by US locomotive supplier Motive Power & Equipment Solutions to offer shunting locomotive drivers improved all-round visibility for safe operation at industrial sites. Locomotives with older cab designs and large bonnets can have blind spots, but MP&ES says the Hi-Vis has minimal ...