Traction & rolling stock news – Page 191
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NewsBelarus Railways orders Pesa DMUs
BELARUS: On February 9 Pesa signed a contract to supply Belarus Railways with a further four Type 730M diesel multiple-units to be delivered this year. There is an option for a further four which would be delivered in 2017. Pesa supplied an initial three Type 730M three-car 140 km/h partially ...
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NewsBozankaya and Bombardier sign high speed train production agreement
TURKEY: Bombardier Transportation and local supplier Bozankaya signed a memorandum of understanding in Ankara on February 9 to co-operate in high speed train production.The framework agreement envisages construction of a factory should the two companies win orders for high speed rolling stock from national operator TCDD, which is expected to ...
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NewsAsset manager invests in Akiem loco leasing business
EUROPE: SNCF Logistics subsidiary ERMEWA has announced an agreement for Deutsche Asset Management to take a 50% equity stake in its Akiem locomotive leasing business with effect from March. ERMEWA said it was aiming to consolidate Akiem's position in the ‘rapidly expanding’ freight locomotive leasing market. The greater resources at ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse buys TMD Friction’s rail activities
EUROPE: Knorr-Bremse Group has acquired the railway brake pad development and manufacturing activities of Nisshinbo Holdings subsidiary TMD Friction. TMD Friction’s entire rail sector portfolio and its site at Manchester in the UK are being transferred to Knorr-Bremse. The facility at Coswig in Germany is being retained by TMD Friction ...
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NewsSBB orders rescue trains
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded a consortium of Windhoff Bahn- & Anlagentechnik and Dräger Safety a SFr38m contract to supply three firefighting and rescue trainsets by the end of 2018. The LRZ18 trainsets will be based at Genève, Melide and Brig to cover the CEVA line, Ceneri base tunnel ...
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NewsSteelworks locomotive handed over
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 20 Class 741.7 diesel-electric locomotives which CZ Loko is to supply to the Czech Republic’s largest steelworks this year under a 10-year leasing and servicing deal was handed over on January 28. The ArcelorMittal Ostrava plant has 190 km of internal railway carrying 1·7 ...
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NewsBombardier to overhaul Maryland commuter coaches
USA: Maryland Transit Administration announced a $36·8m contract for Bombardier Transportation to overhaul 63 MARC III coaches on February 4. The double-deck commuter cars have been in service for coming up to 17 years. ‘Overhauling our MARC III cars is a cost-effective way to improve the safety and reliability of ...
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NewsERMEWA merges wagon leasing brands
ERMEWA: Leasing company Ermewa has merged its grain wagon leasing business Compagnie de Transports de Céréales and construction materials wagon specialist Société de Gérance de Wagons de Grandes Capacités into the main Ermewa brand with effect from the start of 2016. Ermewa now has a combined fleet of more ...
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NewsQueensland NGR EMU cars shipped from Mumbai
AUSTRALIA: The first six of 450 electric multiple-unit cars which Bombardier Transportation is building at its Savli plant in India under Queensland’s A$4·4bn New Generation Rollingstock contract were shipped from the Port of Mumbai at the end of January. Following testing the first units are expected to enter service in ...
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NewsTier 4 industrial shunting locomotive
NORTH AMERICA: Tractive Power Corp’s US manufacturing contractor Curry Rail Services has completed a demonstrator Tier 4 compliant version of the TP56 industrial shunting locomotive, which is designed to use off-the-shelf industrial and railway components. The three-axle TP56 locomotive uses half of the frame of an SD40-2 with one ...
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NewsSiemens sells 300th Vectron locomotive
EUROPE: Siemens announced a contract to supply Lokomotion GmbH with eight Vectron multi-system electric locomotives on January 29, saying the München-based private freight operator was the 20th customer for the Vectron family and the order included the 300th to be sold. The 6·4 MW locomotives with a maximum speed ...
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NewsLuxembourg Protocol will reshape rolling stock funding
INTERNATIONAL: Greater private sector investment in rolling stock is expected following the adoption of a new protocol on the ownership of railway assets, which will come into force after sufficient countries sign up over the coming months. Adopted in February 2007, the Luxembourg Protocol to the 2001 Cape Town ...
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NewsCP to refurbish Alfa Pendular trainsets
PORTUGAL: National operator CP unveiled the interior and exterior designs for what it termed the ‘next generation Alfa Pendular’ at launch event in Lisboa on January 27.The designs showcase the planned mid-life refurbishment of CP’s 10 Alfa Pendular tilting trains which are used on premium inter-city services on the Braga ...
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NewsScotRail Class 385 EMUs under construction
UK: The first of 70 Class 385 electric multiple-units ordered by Abellio for the ScotRail franchise is now under construction at Hitachi’s factory at Kasado in Japan. The first seven of the 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs are to be built in Kasado, with the remaining 63 to be produced ...
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NewsFirst Brightline coach shell completed at Siemens plant
USA: The first stainless steel coach bodyshell for All Aboard Florida’s Brightline project has been completed at Siemens’ Sacramento plant in California. Siemens is to supply an initial five four-car trainsets with a capacity of 240 passengers, which will be top-and-tailed by Siemens Charger diesel locomotives. Siemens said it ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market January 2016
Australia: Bombardier Transportation is to supply four additional Flexity trams to the Gold Coast under a A$25m contract. The trams are to be used on the Stage 2 extension to Helensvale, and form an option that was part of the original contract signed in 2011 for 14 trams. Austria: ...
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NewsUS-Chinese joint venture delivers first wagons
USA: The Vertex Railcar Corp joint venture of US and Chinese companies has delivered the first batch of wagons to be assembled at its plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. This follows Association of American Railroads certification which was announced in late December. The first 30 of 60 sand hoppers ...
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NewsCAF awarded Arriva Rail North rolling stock contract
UK: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF is to supply 281 new vehicles worth £490m for the next Northern franchise, leasing company Eversholt Rail announced on January 22. The order comprises 31 three-car and 12 four-car electric multiple-units, and 25 two-car and 30 three-car diesel multiple-units. The 160 km/h units will ...
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NewsFirst Metrolink F125 completed
USA: The first F125 diesel locomotive for Los Angeles commuter rail operator Metrolink is nearing completion at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in Muncie, Indiana, the operator announced on January 20. Designed for operation at up to 200 km/h, the F125 is EMD’s first new design of passenger diesel locomotive for ...
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NewsWorkshop upgrade targets international rolling stock market
LATVIA: International passenger train operator L-Ekspresis has completed an EU-supported €14m three-year modernisation of its coach and wagon maintenance workshop, increasing capacity by a factor of 2½ to 3 000 vehicles/year in an effort to expand in international markets. Board member Rolands Gorodeckis said the workshop modernisation would enable it ...