HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has issued a call for tenders for the supply of nine electric locomotives and subsequent maintenance for 20 years with an option for a 10-year extension.
THE Railway Research Institute (VUZ), Czech Republic, has issued Evraz, Russia, with a TSI compliance certificate for 920mm-diameter type BA 318 rolled railway wheels thereby allowing Evraz to start supplying these wheels to the European market.
RUSSIAN locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EMD to study potential opportunities for jointly developing a new range of diesel locomotives for 1520mm-gauge railways in Russia and the CIS region.
THE first train consisting of six Vossloh three-axle G6 shunters has been dispatched to BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
FINLAND's VR Group has selected Siemens as preferred bidder for a €300m contract to supply 80 1524mm-gauge electric locomotives for passenger and freight services.
ILLINOIS Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced on December 19 that it has issued a notice of intent to award Siemens a contract to supply a total of 35 200km/h diesel passenger locomotives for five US states.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply 19 Traxx F140 MS multi-system electric locomotives to operate Dutch domestic services on HSL South following the cancellation of its order for AnsaldoBreda V250 trains.
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) received the first three type 2ES10 twin-section electric locomotives on December 16 from Ural Locomotives, a joint venture of Sinara, Russia, and Siemens.
PERFORMANCE testing and certification of the first Vossloh class 68 UKLight diesel locomotives for British open-access operator Direct Rail Services is underway at the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic, while a second unit has been unveiled in the company's new livery at the Vossloh Rail Vehicles plant in Albuixech, Spain.
The rising cost of diesel in North America is prompting the Class 1 railways to explore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as an alternative, which as well as being cheaper, is kinder to the environment. Railway Age editor-in-chief William Vantuono and Kevin Smith examine the latest developments.
