Freight news – Page 97
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NewsWagons delivered from Poland to Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: Abnormal load logistics specialist ALS has completed a 20-month project to deliver a total of 1 185 wagons of three types from The Greenbrier Companies’ Wagon Świdnica factory in Poland to Saudi Railway Co. The wagons are 14·35 m long, 3 200 mm wide and 4 500 mm ...
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NewsPrima AZ8A freight locomotive for Azerbaijan unveiled
AZERBAIJAN: The first of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A electric freight locomotives ordered by national railway ADY was unveiled at the EKZ factory at Astana in Kazakhstan on June 27. The EKZ joint venture of Alstom (75%) and Transmashholding (25%) is supplying 40 freight locomotives and 10 Prima M4 AZ4A passenger ...
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NewsElectric freight locomotive unveiled
RUSSIA: A Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works Type 2ES5S twin-section 25 kV 50 Hz electric locomotive with asynchronous traction motors was unveiled on June 26, in a ceremony at Transmashholding’s Bryansk plant attended by Russian Railways' CEO Oleg Belozerov. The 2ES5S has been developed as part of an import substitution programme, ...
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NewsKathmandu rail link accord signed
ASIA: Construction of a trans-Himalayan rail link connecting China and Nepal is expected to be completed within seven years, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on June 21. No fewer than 14 separate co-operation agreements were signed during a visit to Beijing by Nepalese ...
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NewsUsing onboard telematics units to identify wheel flats
SWITZERLAND: A project to use wagons’ onboard telematics units to provide an early warning of wheel flats has been undertaken by leasing company Wascosa and Savvy Telematic Systems, with the support of the Federal Office for the Environment which is seeking to reduce train noise. Savvy has developed an algorithm ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
German operator EGP placed the first order for Siemens’ Smartron electric locomotive on June 21, signing a contract for three to be delivered in 2019. A week earlier the operator had taken delivery of its second Siemens Vectron AC locomotive. Contship Italia Group's multimodal operator Hannibal is to launch a ...
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NewsKansas City Southern orders 50 locomotives
NORTH AMERICA: Kansas City Southern announced an order for a total of 50 GE Transportation diesel locomotives for its US and Mexican subsidiaries on June 21. The Tier 4-compliant Evolution Series locomotives are to be produced at the GE Manufacturing Solutions plant at Fort Worth in Texas for delivery from ...
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NewsLithuanian Railways restructuring approved
LITHUANIA: National railway LG is to be restructured with effect from September 1, following government approval last month of proposals drawn up by the Ministry of Transport & Communications. LG will be reorganised into separate passenger, freight and infrastructure divisions, all controlled by a 100%-state owned holding company. Minister of ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
The national railways of Russia and China signed a memorandum on June 8 agreeing to jointly develop a market for ‘high speed' freight services between China, Russia and Europe. Target market sectors for China Railway Express and RZD Logistics include cross-border electronic commerce and express delivery services which would use ...
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NewsGrain wagons enter service
GERMANY: Captrain Deutschland company ITL has put into service the first 37 of 74 grain hopper wagons which it has ordered from Tatravagónka through leasing company Ermewa. The remainder of the fleet is scheduled for delivery later this year. The Tagnpps hoppers have a capacity of 101 m3. They ...
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NewsSmart gate to identify wagons
SPAIN: Indra is developing a ‘smart gate’‚ which it envisages would be able to digitally identify wagons as they are handled at freight terminals. The technology would be a development of Indra’s electronic identification and toll collection gantries used on motorways, combining laser sensors, high resolution imaging, electronic tags and ...
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NewsOpportunities in the Kazakh wagon market
KAZAKHSTAN: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinSpetsMash plant has begun delivering 64 covered wagons to customers in Kazakhstan, where the company sees a significant potential market for modern and high-capacity vans. UWC said Kazakh agricultural output had increased this year and exports of goods to Russia and China were growing. Demand for ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
On June 1 RJ Corman Railroad Switching Co began providing shunting and track maintenance services at chemical and plastic company SABIC’s plant in Montgomery, Alabama. RJ Corman is providing 12 employees handling 1 000 wagons/month. ‘Our diversity of services played a key role in establishing a relationship with SABIC’, said ...
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NewsRed October timber wagons delivered
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinSpetsMash plant has supplied 50 Type 13-6895 platform wagons to the Red October timber processing factory, which will use them transport logs and sawn wood. The wagons have 25 tonne axleloads and a capacity of 72·5 tonnes or 155 m3, a 30% to 40% increase on ...
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NewsINFRA funds support Chicago grade-separation
USA: The federal Department of Transportation has approved a $132m grant towards the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project in Chicago, which forms part of the CREATE PPP programme to eliminate rail bottlenecks around the city. The largest single package of works in the programme, the $1bn 75th Street project is ...
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NewsAlpha Trains to fund VFLI diesel locos
FRANCE: Rolling stock leasing company Alpha Trains has ordered nine Euro 4001 diesel-electric locomotives from Stadler Rail Valencia to expand its growing business in the French rail market, the company announced on June 7. The 2 800 kW six-axle locomotives are to be leased to SNCF’s open access freight operating ...
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NewsGE completes first of 200 CN locomotives
CANADA: The first of 200 diesel locomotives which are to be supplied to CN under a multi-year purchase agreement has been completed at GE Transportation’s plant at Fort Worth in Texas. GE said the deal signed in December 2017 was the largest locomotive contract which a Class 1 railway had ...
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NewsETCS onboard contracts signed
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Bane NOR has finalised the contracts for Alstom to supply, install and maintain ETCS onboard equipment for use across the national rail network. Alstom had been selected as preferred bidder in mid-March. The NKr1·8 bn package consists of three contracts with Bane NOR and framework ...
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NewsNational plan backs 320 km/h target
SWEDEN: The government intends to develop future high speed lines for a top speed of 320 km/h, Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth and Environment Minister Isabella Lövin confirmed on June 4. Presenting the government’s national development plan for 2018-29, they confirmed SKr148bn of rail spending, including three sections of new line. ...
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NewsStern & Hafferl expands its diesel fleet
AUSTRIA: Regional operator Stern & Hafferl Verkehr, which runs rail, bus and boat services in Oberösterreich, has put into service a 2·4 MW Vectron diesel locomotive following a naming ceremony at Eferding depot. Built by Siemens in 2015 as part of its internal fleet, the 160 km/h locomotive was ...