Freight news – Page 159
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NewsGarage van offers discreet transport
UKRAINE: Kriukov Car Building Works has built a van for the secure rail transport of cars used by government officials. One end of the vehicle contains a garage area with a folding hydraulic loading ramp. The other end contains an air-conditioned crew compartment with kitchen and dining facilities. To ...
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NewsPrototype 2ES5 freight loco completed
RUSSIA: A prototype electric freight locomotive designed by the TRTrans joint venture of Alstom and Transmash Holding has been completed at TMH's Novocherkassk plant. The 2ES5 is a twin-unit 25kV AC electric loco designed for heavy freight work, and follows the EP20 passenger locomotive now being tested by Russian ...
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NewsEtihad Rail orders CSR sulphur wagons
UAE: Etihad Rail has awarded China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp a contract to supply 240 covered wagons which will be used to carry granulated sulphur from Shah and Habshan for export through Ruwais. Announcing the contract on September 12, the railway authority said it was working with Abu ...
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NewsFreight One sale set for October 28
RUSSIA: The government has set October 28 as the date for the auction of a 75% minus two shares stake in Freight One, Russian Railways announced on September 7. Russian-registered non-state companies 'with a stable financial position and experience of operating railway rolling stock' will be able to bid to ...
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NewsBrunswick Rail sees growth potential in Russian leasing market
RUSSIA: Wagon leasing firm Brunswick Rail announced the purchase of metals transportation specialist Proftrans on August 30, saying the acquisition widens the services Brunswick Rail is able to offer as well as increasing its fleet by 1 647 open wagons. 'This deal is interesting and unique because Brunswick Rail has ...
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NewsCoal miner orders diesel locomotives
RUSSIA: The Mecheltrans Vostok transport subsidiary of mining, metals and power group Mechel announced an order for 16 Sinara Transport Machines TEM8 diesel-electric locomotives on August 5. They will be delivered in 2012-14 to operate a 315 km railway which Mechel has built to link its Elga Coal Complex mining ...
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NewsEstonian freight operator orders Chinese shunting locomotives
ESTONIA: Freight operator EVR Cargo has announced a €30·2m contract for a consortium of China National Corp for Overseas Economic Co-operation and a CNR subsidiary to supply 16 diesel shunting locomotives. The 1 520 mm gauge DF7G-E locomotives will be built at CNR's Beijing February 7 works, with the first ...
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NewsMTU tests Stage IIIB diesel engine
EUROPE: A year of in-service testing has begun with DB Schenker locomotive No 225 008-2 which has been fitted with a MTU Series 4000 engine as part of the EU-backed Clean European Rail-Diesel research project. MTU says the 1·8 MW 12V4000R84 design is the first engine for rail traction to ...
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NewsGranite crosses the Urals
RUSSIA: An 8·8 MW three-section pre-production version of the 2ES10 Granite electric locomotive developed by the Ural Locomotives joint venture of Sinara and Siemens hauled a 9 000 tonne train from Yekaterinburg to Balezino during trial runs on August 4. 'This is a landmark event', said Russian Railways President Vladimir ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsCSR Ziyang rolls out Australian diesel locomotive
AUSTRALIA: The first of 10 diesel locomotives ordered by SCT Logistics was rolled out at the CSR Ziyang Locomotive plant in China on July 22. The locomotives are scheduled for delivery by the end of December, with the manufacturer saying this will be the first time a Chinese firm has ...
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NewsCN announces $165m Chicago yard plan
USA: On August 3 Canadian National announced a $165m four-year plan to consolidate its Chicago area shunting and locomotive maintenance activities at Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana. Kirk Yard will be upgraded and expanded to increase its processing capacity from 1 500 to 2 500 wagons/day, and locomotive repair work ...
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NewsUkrainian Railways agrees locomotive orders worth €1·46bn
UKRAINE: State railway UZ signed two agreements on July 20 setting out plans to purchase of a total of 433 electric freight locomotives worth €1·46bn. Subject to funding being secured, firm contracts could be signed in September, with deliveries scheduled for 2012-16. The 3 kV DC locomotives are ...
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NewsGenesee & Wyoming Inc to buy Arizona Eastern Railway
USA: On August 2 short line group Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced an agreement to acquire Arizona Eastern Railway from Iowa Pacific Holdings for $90·1m. The deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2011, with AZER to be managed as part of GWI's newly-created Mountain West ...
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NewsRussian Railways to sell Freight One stake
RUSSIA: The government is to auction 75% minus two shares in Russian Railways' First Freight Company as a single lot, RZD announced on August 1. Freight One is Russia's largest rail freight operator, created in July 2007 with RZD holding 100% minus a single share which is owned by Baminvest. ...
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NewsEtihad Rail orders EMD locomotives
UAE: Etihad Rail has awarded Electro-Motive Diesel a contract to supply seven SD70ACS heavy-haul freight locomotives for the first phase of its national railway programme. The locomotives are to be delivered in 2012, with the first trains scheduled to run in 2013. EMD has previously won orders to supply SD70ACS ...
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NewsCIT Rail orders 5000 wagons
USA: On July 26 CIT Rail announced it had placed orders for a total of 5 000 covered hopper and tank wagons to be supplied by various manufacturers during 2012. 'It is important that we maintain a young, modern fleet of high-quality railcars that enable carriers and shippers to maximise ...
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NewsAlstom to equip West Papua mining railway
INDONESIA: Mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €90m to supply railway systems and train control equipment for a mining railway in West Papua. Alstom said on July 28 that it would supply track, catenary, electrical substations, signalling and telecoms equipment for the internal railway ...
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NewsUIC figures show growth in global rail traffic
INTERNATIONAL: Statistics from UIC members indicate an average overall growth of 3·4% in freight tonne-km in 2010, confirming economic and trade recovery, as well as a 3·5% increase in passenger-km due in part to rail development in Asia, particularly India. Publishing the figures on July 27, UIC said there was ...
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NewsEuropean-profile wagons reach London
UK: DB Schenker Rail operated its first train of standard European-profile wagons over High Speed 1 in the early hours of July 23, and has confirmed plans to launch regular services. The trial involved two wagons from DB Schenker's Spanish logistics business Transfesa and four curtain-sided Mega Combi swap ...