Traction & rolling stock news – Page 222
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NewsAbellio unveils Coradia Lint for Wuppertal - Solingen route
GERMANY: The first of nine Coradia Lint 41/H diesel multiple-units which Alstom is supplying for use on the Wuppertal - Solingen route S7 was unveiled in front of 100 invited guests on November 22. 'The new Lints are the right choice for the Bergischen Land', said Ronald Lünser, Director of ...
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NewsLaboratory testing for Independently-Powered EMU battery
UK: Laboratory testing has confirmed that lithium iron magnesium phosphate batteries from US firm Valence Technology meet the requirements for use on the demonstration Independently-Powered Electric Multiple-Unit, which is being developed by infrastructure manager Network Rail, Bombardier and train operator Greater Anglia. It is envisaged that overhead/battery-powered IPEMUs could operate ...
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NewsAutomotive wagon launch
SOUTH AFRICA: Car-carrying wagons developed by Transnet Engineering's Uitenhage plant to meet the specifications of car manufacturers were officially launched by South Africa's President Zuma on November 5. Transnet is building 350 of the wagons by January 2014 as part of its R307bn seven-year infrastructure improvement programme. The new wagons ...
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NewsColas Rail orders 10 GE Transportation PowerHaul locomotives
UK: GE Transportation officially announced an order to supply 10 Class 70 PowerHaul locomotives to freight operator Colas Rail on November 21. The locomotives are to be assembled at GE Transportation's Erie plant for entry into service in 2014. Stephen Haynes, Managing Director of Colas Rail Services, said the order ...
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NewsBombardier consortium wins Queensland's New Generation Rollingstock PPP contract
AUSTRALIA: Queensland's Department of Transport & Main Roads has selected the Bombardier NGR Consortium as preferred bidder to supply and maintain 75 six-car electric multiple-units under the New Generation Rollingstock public-private partnership. The EMUs will be used to cater for an increase in passenger services in southeast Queensland and to ...
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NewsETF orders Euro 4000 locomotives
FRANCE: On November 19 Vossloh España announced an order for two Euro 4000 diesel locomotives from railway infrastructure maintenance and construction contractor ETF. Due to enter service before summer 2014, the locomotives are to be used to haul infrastructure materials for two high speed construction projects, Phase 2 of LGV ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market November 2013
Argentina: CNR is to supply 27 three-car DMUs for use on the Belgrano Sur commuter network in Buenos Aires from 2015. The government is to invite bids from Chinese manufacturers to finance and supply a further 32 three-car DMUs for the Sarmiento and Mitre networks. Australia: On October 11 ...
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NewsISR sets out plans for electric fleet
ISRAEL: National railway ISR has issued a request for information about the potential supply of electric locomotives and multiple-units for its electrification programme. The first phase of the programme covers wiring around 420 km of existing and planned line at 25 kV 50 Hz. This includes the future 23 km ...
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NewsCSX and GE to test LNG locomotives
USA: A pilot programme to assess the use of liquefied natural gas to fuel locomotives was announced by CSX Corp and GE Transportation on November 13. Field tests are scheduled to begin in 2014. GE Transportation will supply its NextFuel retrofit kits which provide dual-fuel capability for Evolution Series locomotives. ...
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NewsMTR Express orders Flirts for Stockholm - Göteborg open access service
SWEDEN: The MTR Nordic subsidiary of Hong Kong's MTR Corp has ordered six Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units for use on open access inter-city services which will compete with national operator SJ between Stockholm and Göteborg. Delivery is scheduled for autumn 2014, with MTR Express services to begin once commissioning is ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co and Tatravagónka open bogie casting plant
SLOVAKIA: Prime Minister Robert Fico and Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin attended the official launch of the Railway Casted Components joint venture on November 7. RCC has been established by Tatravagónka and Russia's United Wagon Co to produce Barber bogie castings for 1520 mm gauge wagons. The partners have invested ...
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NewsZOS Zvolen produces demonstrator DMU
SLOVAKIA: ZOS Zvolen has rolled out a demonstrator two-car diesel multiple-unit produced by rebuilding a Class 810/010 two-axle railcar and trailer. The latest update of the Class 810 family is derived from two Class 813/913 DMUs supplied to Czech operator GW Train Regio in late 2012. The partly ...
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NewsCoal wagon delivery
BOTSWANA: South Africa’s Transnet Engineering is delivering 30 coal wagons, 260 salt wagons and 272 general purpose wagons to Botswana Railways. The national operator is upgrading its fleet and has also called tenders for the supply of eight diesel locomotives. The coal wagons have entered traffic on ...
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NewsJapanese EMUs arrive in Jakarta
INDONESIA: KAI Commuter Jabodetabek, the subsidiary of national railway PT KAI which operates services over the electrified suburban network around Jakarta, has taken delivery of a fleet of 30 second-hand EMUs acquired from East Japan Railway as part of a fleet renewal programme. Dating from the mid-1980s, the high-density Series ...
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NewsIndian Railways launches twin-cab diesel freight locomotive
INDIA: Minister of Railways Shri Mallikarjun Kharge visited the Diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi on November 6 to formally flag off the prototype WDG4D locomotive Vijay, which Indian Railways says is the first twin-cab diesel-electric freight locomotive it has built. IR has traditionally used single cab designs, but as locomotives ...
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NewsRZD's double-deck sleeping cars enter service
RUSSIA: The first of 50 double-deck coaches which Transmashholding's Tver Carriage Works is delivering to Federal Passenger Co entered service on the Moscow - Adler route on November 1. In December 2010 RZD's passenger business ordered 38 Type 61-4465 sleeping cars with eight four-berth compartments on each deck, four cars ...
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NewsExpress Rail Link high speed train unveiled
CHINA: The first of nine high speed trainsets which MTR Corp has ordered for the Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou Express Rail Link was rolled out by CSR Qingdao Sifang on November 6. MTR Corp said the 'sweeping streaks of red and white on the livery of the eight-car ...
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NewsAlstom plans to sell stake in Transport business
FRANCE: Alstom is to consider the sale of a minority stake in its Alstom Transport business to industrial partners or investors by December 2014, Chairman & CEO Patrick Kron announced on November 6. Presenting the group's financial results for the six months to September 30 2013, Kron said 'we want ...
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NewsMajor customer buys Seaboard Railcar Repair
USA: The Trinity Railcar Repair subsidiary of Trinity Industries announced its acquisition of Seaboard Railcar Repair on November 4. Seaboard provides maintenance, specialised cleaning, lining, painting, inspection and testing services for tank cars and other wagons. The acquisition includes two maintenance facilities in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Trinity's wagon leasing ...
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NewsAlstom opens high speed train delivery centre
FRANCE: Alstom officially opened a 'delivery centre' for Euroduplex double-deck high speed trainsets at its Belfort factory on October 24. The delivery centre has been developed over four years as part of Alstom's strategy of exercising tighter control over its testing and commissioning cycles, and equipping itself to be able ...