Rack railway news – Page 3

  • Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen is exercising a second option on its order for Stadler Tango LRVs.
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    Stuttgart to order more light rail and rack railway vehicles

    2017-09-28T15:12:03Z

    GERMANY: The board of Stuttgart transport operator Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen has agreed to exercise an option for 20 more S-DT8.12 light rail vehicles, valued at around €80m. SSB placed an initial order for 20 LRVs from Stadler Pankow in early 2010, the first of which entered service in late 2013. ...

  • Stadler Tea 2/2 electric and Gm 2/2 diesel-electric locomotive for adhesion operation on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
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    Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn renews shunting locomotive fleet

    2017-01-06T10:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn has awarded Stadler a SFr23m contract to supply seven locomotives of three types for shunting and hauling infrastructure trains. This will enable the metre-gauge operator to retire its older diesel locomotives, standardise its non-passenger fleet and reduce noise and emissions. The contract signed on December 23 ...

  • Appenzeller Bahnen has ordered four Stadler electric multiple-units.
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    Appenzell EMU order follows St Gallen groundbreaking

    2016-04-08T14:42:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Appenzeller Bahnen announced a SFr36m order for four Stadler Rail electric multiple-units on April 7, three days after a groundbreaking ceremony for the St Gallen – Riethüsli diversion which is being built as part of the St Gallen Durchmesserlinie project to enable through running between its Trogen and Appenzell ...

  • Stadler Rail electric rack locomotive for MRS Logistica, Brazil.
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    'Largest and most powerful' rack locomotive unveiled

    2012-06-07T12:30:00Z

    BRAZIL: Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail unveiled what it says is 'by far the largest and most powerful rack and pinion locomotive ever built' on June 6. MRS Logística placed a SFr60 order in 2010 for seven custom-designed 3 kV DC electric locomotives, which will be used to haul heavy iron ...

  • Stadler Rail FINK train for Zentralbahn.
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    First of 10 Zentralbahn rack trains rolls out

    2012-02-16T09:55:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: The first of 10 electric multiple-units for the metre-gauge Zentralbahn was rolled out at Stadler Rail's Bussnang plant on February 15. The manufacture says the SFr141m contract signed in September 2009 is largest ever order for rack-and-pinion rail vehicles. The order covers two types of 120 km/h air-conditioned EMU. ...

  • Impression of Stadler rack train for Puy-de-Dôme.
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    Puy-de-Dôme rack railway trains ordered

    2009-11-16T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Stadler Rail has announced a SFr25m order to supply four articulated electric multiple-units for the 5·3 km rack railway which SNC-Lavalin is building on the Puy-de-Dôme in the Massif Central. The vehicles will be based on units which the Swiss train builder has supplied for FGC’s ...