Having received 44 SD70ACe locomotives at the start of 2011, Ferromex, Mexico, ended the year with the delivery of a further batch of 38 units from EMD, taking its total SD70ACe fleet to almost 100.
UNION Pacific reported net income of $US 964m in the fourth quarter of 2011, and $US 3.3bn for the full year, an 18% increase on 2010.
The deadline for the network-wide deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) in the United States is now less than four years away. Kevin Smith examines the current status of this mammoth project, the challenges it poses to US railways, and how they might yet make it work in their favour.
Rio de Janeiro suburban rail operator SuperVia has begun dynamic testing of the first of 34 new emus from CNR Changchun, China, eight of which will enter service by next month.
USIMINAS Mechanica, Brazil, has agreed to build a second wagon manufacturing plant in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais as the company aims to tap into Brazil's expected need to buy 4500 wagons per year.
Bidding has begun for the contract to build the city's Reais 1.2bn ($US 683m) light rail network, which is due to open in time for the 2014 Soccer World Cup, which Brazil is hosting.
DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has selected Alstom and a joint venture of Thales and Balfour Beatty Rail as preferred bidders for two contracts to resignal Denmark's entire 2132km mainline network with ETCS Level 2 by 2021.
East German Railway Company (Odeg) took over operation of Berlin Wannsee - Jüterbog and Brandenburg - Rathenow regional services south of Berlin from German Rail (DB) in December.