BRITISH operator GB Railfreight has ordered another 13 class 66 diesel-electric locomotives from Electro Motive Diesel, United States, and is acquiring 16 class 92 electric units as part of its plans to double its £100m annual turnover within the next three years.

AMTRAK staged a ceremony at Philadelphia's 30th Street station on February 6 in the presence of US vice-president Mr Joe Biden and US transportation secretary Mr Anthony Foxx to mark the entry into service of the first of 70 locomotives being supplied by Siemens.

MOZAMBIQUE's minister of transport and communications Mr Eusébio Saíde unveiled the first four of 10 GE Transportation C30ACi diesel locomotives for Mozambique Railways (CFM) on January 29.

VOITH confirmed on January 27 that its management board has decided not to resume talks on the sale of its locomotive production unit, which is based in Kiel in northern Germany.

FLORIDA East Coast Railway (FEC) announced on January 30 that it will order 24 ES44C4 Evolution Series diesel locomotives from GE Transportation for use on freight services on its 565km main line between Miami and Jacksonville.

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH), Russia, announced on January 23 that its Baltic regional subsidiary CJSC TMH B has signed a contract with Lithuanian Railways (LG) to supply 20 additional TEM TMH diesel locomotives.

CROATIAN rolling stock supplier TZV Gredelj and National Railway Equipment Company (NREC), United States, have completed the delivery of an order for 30 GT26CW-3W locomotives for Moroccan National Railways (ONCF).

GRINDROD, South Africa, announced on January 20 that its Grindrod Freight Services (GFS) subsidiary has formed a joint venture with the Pemgrani Remgro Infrastructure Fund (PRIF) to provide rolling stock leasing services to railways in Africa.

BRITISH mining company Beacon Hill Resources announced on January 16 that two South African suppliers have completed production of locomotives and wagons for its coal operations on Mozambique's Sena Line.

GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted Vossloh's G12 and G18 four-axle single-cab freight locomotives an authority to place into service for operation on the German network.