ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel (EMD) and plant, automotive and handling product distributor Barloworld have formed Electro-Motive Diesel Africa, a joint venture which will assemble diesel locomotives in South Africa for the wider southern African market.
DOWNER EDI Limited has signed a five-year agreement with EMD that will see EMD manufacture all future Downer locomotive orders for the Australian market at one of its overseas facilities.
PROGRESS Rail subsidiary EMD began locomotive assembly in Brazil at the end of May with the launch of production at its plant in Sete Lagoas in the state of Minas Gerais.
ISRAEL Railways (ISR) is inviting bids by May 29 for a fleet of between 10 and 12 secondhand or refurbished diesel-electric locomotives with an option to purchase addition units.
Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) has secured an $US 83.1m loan guarantee from the Export-Import Bank of the United States to purchase six EMD locomotives built in the United States,
Contracts have been awarded and construction is underway on the United Arab Emirates' inaugural railway line. Kevin Smith looks at the current state of play for the country's planned 1200km network.
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.