Traction & rolling stock news – Page 221
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NewsIntermodal wagon order
EUROPE: AAE has ordered 300 Sggnss 80 ft four-axle intermodal wagons from Tatravagonka Poprad. They are to be leased to the Metrans subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen & Logistik, for use on North Sea port hinterland traffic. The single-unit wagons with two bogies offer more flexibility in the type of container ...
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NewsNarrow gauge diesel delivery
ISLE OF MAN: Motive Power & Equipment Solutions has produced a remanufactured diesel-electric locomotive which will be used on works trains and as a back-up for the steam locos which haul tourist services on the 914 mm gauge Isle of Man Railway. Ordered at a cost of £0·4m, the 42·5 ...
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NewsEBA approves Velaro D high speed trains for domestic operation
GERMANY: After many months of delays, the first four of 16 Class 407 high speed trainsets for Deutsche Bahn have been approved for use in Germany by EBA, the national railway safety authority. DB placed an order worth around €500m with Siemens in November 2008 for 15 Class 407 trainsets ...
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NewsChME3 locomotive rebuilt
UKRAINE: Slovakian firm ZOS Zvolen has completed the first of six ChME3 heavy shunting locomotives which are to be rebuilt under a contract awarded by Ukrainian Railways in March. If the rebuild proves successful, up to 100 more could follow at a cost of up to €200m. ZOS Zvolen’s first ...
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NewsSiemens selected for 200 km/h US passenger locomotive order
USA: Illinois Department of Transportation announced on December 19 that it had selected Siemens for a contract to supply approximately 35 diesel locomotives with maximum speed of 200 km/h. The deal has still to be finalised, but a notice of intent has been issued by IDOT, which is leading a ...
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NewsVR orders Siemens Vectron locomotives
FINLAND: National operator VR Group named Siemens as the winner of an order to supply 80 electric locomotives on December 20. The contract to be signed in early 2014 is worth more than €300m, making it the largest rolling stock investment by VR Group and according to Siemens the ...
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NewsLocomotive completes reformed vehicle approval process in just 11 weeks
GERMANY: Bombardier Transportation announced on December 14 that its Traxx P160 multi-engine diesel locomotive had become the first vehicle type to be approved under national railway authority EBA's reformed authorisation programme. A memorandum of understanding to reform the approvals process was signed in June by the Ministry of Transport, EBA ...
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NewsPassengers asked to compare Class 321 refurbishment options
UK: Passengers on the Greater Anglia franchise are being asked to provide feedback on two new train interiors that have been installed in a four-car Class 321 EMU. Following refurbishment by Wabtec Rail Ltd at Doncaster, the trainset returned to traffic on December 18 and is to be operated ...
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NewsTrenitalia signs Pesa DMU order
ITALY: National passenger operator Trenitalia signed a €139·6m contract for Polish manufacturer Pesa to supply 40 ATR220 Atribo diesel multiple-units on December 12, after the rejection of an appeal by Stadler. The first of the DMUs is scheduled for delivery by November 2014, and there is an option for up ...
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NewsVossloh España unveils Direct Rail Services Class 68
UK: Class 68 diesel locomotive 68002 was formally presented to Direct Rail Services Chief Executive Neil McNicholas on December 10. Harry Hondius reports from the Vossloh España plant in Albuixech.
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NewsFerrovia Circumetnea places Newag's first DMU export order
ITALY: Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag has finalised its first diesel multiple-unit export order, a €14·8m contract to supply at least four 950 mm gauge DMUs for Ferrovia Circumetnea's 110 km line around the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily. Delivery is scheduled within 18 months, and Ferrovia Circumetnea has options ...
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NewsDellner and Hitachi sign IEP gangway order
UK: Hitachi Rail Europe has awarded Dellner a contract to provide gangways for the Class 800 and Class 801 trainsets it is to supply under the Department for Transport's Intercity Express Programme. The contract signed on December 9 is worth around £10m and covers 1 500 gangways, 1 732 couplers ...
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NewsPKP Cargo terminates Chinese wagon joint venture
POLAND: Freight operator PKP Cargo and CNR subsidiary Jinan Railway Vehicles are to wind up the CNR Cargo Wagon joint venture which they established in 2010. The partners had planned to assemble kits of wagon parts supplied from China at a PKP Cargo site in Szczecin, estimating that using Chinese ...
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NewsPassive hydraulic steering trial
SOUTH AFRICA: Three freight locomotives are being used for a six-month trial of the Jika passive hydraulic steering system which has been developed by DCD Rolling Stock. DCD says this can increase locomotive wheel life by three times and reduce track wear by 60%, energy consumption by 3% and ...
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NewsGySEV Flirts to enter service early
HUNGARY: The first of four Flirt electric multiple-units ordered by cross-border operator GySEV was handed over by Stadler Rail at a ceremony in Sopron on December 6. The European Union's Cohesion Fund met 85% of the €20·3m cost of the order, which was signed on April 13 2012. The first ...
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NewsICE-T fleet refurbishment underway
GERMANY: The first of 42 tilting inter-city trainsets operated by DB has entered DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung’s Nürnberg workshops under a €30m refurbishment programme running to 2015. The fleet of 11 five-car and 31 seven-car ICE-T trainsets is to receive a series of exterior and internal enhancements, including an external repaint, seat ...
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NewsFleet renewal funded
FRANCE: Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier confirmed on December 4 that the government had agreed a funding package allowing SNCF to proceed with an order of 34 inter-city multiple-units. Funding worth €510m, with an option for further investment worth €100m, has been provided for the procurement of 34 Coradia Liner electro-diesel ...
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NewsJR East unveils first Series E7 high speed train
JAPAN: The first Series E7 high speed trainset built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and JR East subsidiary J-TREC was unveiled on November 29. JR East has ordered 17 of the 260 km/h trainsets, while JR West has ordered 10 which it will designate Series W7. Following testing, the first trainsets ...
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NewsNew Sarmiento fleet to arrive in February
ARGENTINA: Presenting images of the first of 25 nine-car EMUs to be completed by Chinese supplier CSR for the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires, Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo confirmed that shipments would start on January 5. ‘In mid-February they are going to be in Argentina’, ...
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NewsRe-engineered EMU offers new train for less
UK: On November 28 leasing company Angel Trains unveiled a re-engineered four-car Class 317 EMU at Bombardier Transportation’s Ilford facility in east London. The concepts demonstrated on the pre-series train, including modernised traction equipment and new interiors, would offer operators the performance, maintenance and passenger ambience benefits of new rolling ...