German Rail (DB) has issued an invitation to tender in the Official Journal of the European Union on behalf of its long-distance subsidiary for a contract to supply between seven and 10 new diesel locomotives.
SWIFAMBO Rail Leasing, South Africa, has awarded a €250m contract to Vossloh for 70 electro-diesel passenger locomotives which will be leased to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to haul passenger trains. The contract includes options for a minimum of 10 additional units as well as to maintain the fleet.
TRIALS have started in South Africa with three locomotives fitted with a system called Jika passive hydraulic steering (PHS) which is aimed at trebling the life of locomotive wheels and reducing track wear by 60%.
Railway Interchange 2013: GE Transportation unveiled several new products at this week's Railway Interchange exhibition being held in Indianapolis, Indiana, including a new locomotive.
A joint venture is to be established between Zerz, a Ukrainian state-owned electric locomotive maintenance and repair company, and Skoda, Czech Republic, to build dual-voltage passenger locomotives for Ukrainian Railways (UZ).
EUROPE's railway associations are urging the Council of the European Union to stick to the plan to make the European Railway Agency (ERA) the one-stop-shop for safety certification and vehicle authorisation in Europe rather a proposal by some member states for a modified version of the current appallingly-slow system.
Railway Interchange 2013: Cummins has announced that its new QSK95 Tier-4 compliant engine will make its debut with Indiana Rail Road Company in an EMD SD90 locomotive currently being refurbished.
INDIAN Railways (IR) is working on plans to adopt Common Rail Electronic Direct Fuel Injection (CREDI) technology for diesel locomotives with the aim of reducing fuel costs for its 4500-strong fleet.
SINARA Group unveiled a new prototype LNG turbine locomotive at the Expo 1520 exhibition in Shcherbinka, Russia, last week which was developed in partnership with the Russian Railways Research Institute (VNIIZHT).
URAL Locomotives, the Russian joint venture between Siemens and Sinara, unveiled a prototype 1520mm-gauge ac electric locomotive at the Expo 1520 exhibition in Shcherbinka near Moscow on September 12.