THE first of 20 locomotives supplied by CNR's Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock subsidiary have entered service in Argentina.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has confirmed that it will order Bombardier Traxx locomotives to replace the abandoned V250 high-speed trains manufactured by AnsaldoBreda for Fyra services between Amsterdam and Brussels.
MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has exercised an option worth around $US 70m with Wabtec subsidiary MotivePower for an additional 13 HSP46 diesel locomotives, which will be used on commuter rail services in the Boston area.
TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has signed an agreement with Tognum, the parent company of MTU, to establish a joint-venture which will manufacture diesel engines for rail vehicles at a new plant in Kolomna in Moscow Oblast.
ŠKODA Transportation is celebrating a landmark order for its 200km/h 109E electric locomotive after German Rail (DB) placed an order for six units, which will be used on push-pull regional trains in southern Germany.
FOUR European railway associations plus the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) are calling for urgent action to accelerate the excessively slow and cumbersome processes for the certification of trains in Europe which they argue are far too costly and are harming rail's competitive position.
LOCOMOTIVE leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) has ordered 15 Vectron four-axle ac electric locomotives from Siemens which are intended for use on cross-border operations between Germany, Austria and Hungary.
SOUTHERN California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) has become the first US operator to place an order for diesels meeting the latest US EPA Tier 4 emissions standards, after awarding Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) a contract to supply 20 F125 Spirit Locomotives.
ALSTOM and Transmashholding (TMH) signed an agreement with Russian Railways (RZD) at the 1520 Strategic Partnership forum in Sochi on May 30 to develop a new design of dual-voltage electric locomotive.
PRETORIA-based RRL Grindrod has sold two and leased four ex-Queensland Rail (QR) General Electric type C22-MMi locomotives to Democratic Republic of Congo National Railways (SNCC).