USA: A 'mid-sized’'roof-mounted air-conditioning unit has been launched by Thermo King with the aim of making the use of air-conditioning viable in the passenger areas of smaller light rail vehicles.
It can be customised to suit the needs of a particular operator. The first application will be on trams for the US city of Portland.
IRAN: Tehran Wagon Manufacturing Co has received approval for series production of metro trainsets with 85% domestic content. This follows 1½ years of testing of a prototype seven-car set developed under the National Train project which was launched in 2019 to increase the level of localisation ...
USA: Union Tank Car Co is to provide wagon cleaning and repair services at 225 Rail’s storage facility at Pasadena in Texas. The site has space to store 1 000 wagons. The repair facilities will be able to handle various wagon types, including tanks and hoppers. ...
