All Diesel loco articles – Page 3
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NewsPacific Surfliner switches to renewable fuel
USA: The Siemens Mobility Charger diesel-electric locomotives hauling Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner service are now using renewable fuel made from materials including used cooking oil. The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency which manages the Pacific Surfliner service said this would ...
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Rail Business UKColas Rail trials HVO fuel for a loco, crane and tampers
UK: Colas Rail is trialling the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a more sustainable alternative to diesel for fuelling a Class 56 freight locomotive, four tampers and a Kirow crane. HVO is produced from cooking oils and animal fats, which Colas Rail says can reduce ...
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NewsIrish diesel loco to be converted to hydrogen fuel
IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann is to work with Latvian traction technology company DiGas to undertake a proof-of-concept conversion of a diesel locomotive to use hydrogen in its existing engine. IÉ will provide one of its EMD-built Class 071 locomotive dating from the 1970s for the ...
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NewsBritish HSTs among fleets finding new homes in Mexico
MEXICO: Redundant UK inter-city diesel trains and two tram-trains have been acquired by the Mexican navy, according to local sources.
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NewsAmtrak orders more Airo push-pull trainsets
USA: Amtrak has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply a further 10 Airo push-pull trainsets. The order announced by the national passenger operator on August 21 has been placed as an option on a contract let in 2021. It takes the total procurement to ...
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NewsRobot shunting locomotives deployed at Kazakh coal mine
KAZAKHSTAN: German shunting equipment specialist Vollert has supplied five twin-section DER 300 diesel-electric automated robots for moving 1 km long trains of up to 6 900 tonnes through loading equipment at the Bogatyr open-cast coal mine in Ekibastuz. As part of a programme to expand production ...
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Rail Business UKHVO fuel switch starts Chiltern Railways decarbonisation drive
UK: Chiltern Railways has switched to using hydrotreated vegetable oil in its fleet of Class 68 diesel locomotives, as part of a long-term strategy to decarbonise London’s last remaining all-diesel suburban network.
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NewsSwedish company buys SBB Cargo diesel locomotives
EUROPE: Nordic Re-Finance has bought 44 Am843 diesel locomotives from Switzerland’s SBB Cargo, saying this will enable it to offer ‘future-proof’ locomotives for lease in the Swedish market. The Am843 single-cab four-axle Vossloh G1700-2 diesel locos dating from 2003-09 are used for shunting and light freight ...
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NewsStadler locomotives unveiled in Taiwan
TAIWAN: The first two of 34 diesel-electric locomotive being supplied by Stadler was unveiled by Taiwan Railways Administration at the Changhua roundhouse on July 10. The €165m order was signed in October 2019 as the Swiss company’s first major procurement in the Pacific region. The locos ...
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NewsIndonesian locomotive parts agreement
INDONESIA: Wabtec has announced a multi-year agreement to supply its local partner PT IMECO with spare parts, overhaul kits and training to support national operator PT KAI’s CC206 locomotive fleet. The 150 CM20EMP diesel locomotives were supplied by Wabtec’s predecessor GE Transportation in 2012-16. ‘This is ...
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NewsBBL Logistik orders 10 locomotives
GERMANY: BBL Logistik Group has ordered 10 Vossloh Rolling Stock DE18 diesel locomotives for delivery from June 2024. The order signed at the end of June includes options for the CRRC ZELC subsidiary to supply a further five of the Stage V emissions standard-compliant locomotives. BBL ...
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NewsAustralian grain shipper orders locos and wagons in growth drive
AUSTRALIA: Western Australian grain co-operative CBH Group announced an agreement to buy 17 Wabtec 1 067 mm gauge diesel locomotives on June 29, and the following day placed an order for CRRC Meishan to supply 200 standard gauge and 450 narrow gauge hopper wagons. The orders ...
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NewsGenesee & Wyoming buys 69 locos for six railways
USA: Wabtec Corp has announced the largest order to date under its certified pre-owned locomotives programme, with 69 locos to be delivered by December. The order announced on June 27 covers the supply of 35 Dash 9 and 34 Dash 8 locomotives to six Genesee & ...
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NewsŠkoda awarded €1bn contract to upgrade and maintain 280 Egyptian locomotives
EGYPT: Škoda Group has signed contracts worth more than €1bn to modernise and maintain at least 280 Egyptian National Railway diesel locomotives. Škoda Group said the two contracts signed on June 26 mark its expansion into Africa. The first covers the overhaul of locomotives over a ...
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NewsFirst Dr19 diesel locomotive enters service
FINLAND: The first of 60 Class Dr19 diesel locomotives being supplied by Stadler has entered revenue service with national operator VR, hauling round wood from Kemi to Kolari on May 3. In April 2019 VR awarded Stadler a €220m contract to supply 60 of the centre-cab ...
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NewsNarrow gauge locos refurbished
BULGARIA: Express Service has completed the refurbishment of two Class 77 diesel locomotives used by national operator BDZ on the 760 mm gauge Septemvri – Dobrinishte line. The 4m leva contract was awarded in May 2020. The Maybach diesel engines have been replaced with Stage V ...
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Rail Business UKDiesel and HVO locomotive fuel compared directly
UK: DB Cargo UK has used a load bank at Toton depot to directly compare the performance and emissions from a Class 60 diesel locomotive when fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil and by conventional diesel. A purpose-built exhaust extension tube was fitted to the locomotive to ...
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NewsFreight loco order to support traffic growth
BRAZIL: Railway and port operator VLI has awarded Wabtec a R$200m contract to supply nine ES43BBI Evolution Series locomotives to support a growth in freight traffic. The order was signed on March 1 and the first locos are scheduled to be delivered in about 18 months. ...
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NewsEtihad Rail orders push-pull trains
UAE: Etihad Rail has awarded CRRC Qingdao Sifang a contract to supply three push-pull trainsets with options for up to 20 more. Each trainset will comprise a diesel locomotive, five intermediate passenger cars and a driving trailer coach. They will have a design ...
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NewsNexrail orders 50 locomotives
EUROPE: CRRC ZELC’s Vossloh Rolling Stock business has announced orders to supply leasing company Nexrail with 50 DE18 Stage V locomotives. This includes 40 locomotives approved for use in Germany which are to be delivered in Q4 2023. ‘This puts us in an excellent position of ...