IRJ at Railway Interchange: Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) had on show its first Tier 4-compliant locomotive at the outdoor exhibition area at BNSF's Northtown yard in Minneapolis.
WELLS Fargo announced on September 30 that its wagon finance, leasing and fleet management subsidiary First Union Rail (FUR) has signed an agreement to acquire GE Railcar Services from GE Capital for an undisclosed sum.
SWEDISH rail regulator Transportstyrelsen announced on September 28 that it will withdraw railfreight operator TX Logistik's operating license with effect from October 5 due to deficiencies in its safety management system.
PHASE 1 of Etihad Rail has carried more than 2 million tonnes of sulphur during the first year of trial operation, and full commercial operation of the 264km line linking Shah and Habshan with the port of Ruwais is expected to start soon.
BRITAIN's Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its railfreight statistics for the first quarter of the 2015-16 financial year on September 24, revealing total volumes fell by 17.7% compared with the first quarter of 2014-15 to 4.6 billion net tonne-km.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) railfreight subsidiary Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) announced on September 23 that it has acquired German railfreight operator EBM Cargo as part of its strategy to expand its activities in Germany and the Benelux countries.
POLAND's largest railfreight operator PKP Cargo announced on September 23 that it has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 15 multi-system Vectron locomotives, which will support the expansion of its international operations.
STATE secretary for Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications Mr John-Ragnar Aarseth visited Rombak station in the Arctic Circle on September 17 to mark the completion of a project to increase capacity on the 43km Norwegian section of the heavy-haul line linking iron-ore mines in the Kiruna area of northern Sweden with the port of Narvik.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) announced its results for the first half of 2015 on September 15, revealing group profits surged 60.1% year-on-year to SFr 92m ($US 94m) despite the worsening financial performance of its freight unit.
THE foreign trade agency of the Cuban Ministry of Transport and RM Rail, Russia, signed a contract on September 15 for the delivery of 363 new freight wagons for Cuban Railways (UFC).