AMTRAK President Mr Joe Boardman, Federal Railroad Administrator Mr Joseph Szabo and Siemens Rail Systems USA president Mr Michael Cahill visited the Transportation Technology Center (TTCI) at Pueblo on July 29 to see the ACS-64 Cities Sprinter electric locomotive being put through its paces.
BUENOS AIRES metro authority Sbase has announced that it is acquiring 73 series 6000 vehicles from Madrid Metro for use on Line B, following the opening of the 2km western extension of the line from Los Incas to Juan Manuel de Rosas on July 26.
CAF announced its first half figures on July 29, which show net profits for the first half reached €50m, 6.4% over net sales.
POWER station operator Drax has unveiled Britain's first purpose-built biomass hopper which, at nearly 18.9m over buffers, is also one of the longest single wagons to operate in regular service on the British network.
ARRIYADH Development Authority (ADA) announced the winning bidders on July 28 for three design and build contracts worth almost $US 22.5bn for the construction of a 176.7km six-line automated metro network in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has exercised an option for an additional 40 TGV Euroduplex trains from Alstom which will be delivered between 2015 and 2019.
A Renfe class 730 train derailed on July 24 on the approach to Santiago de Compostela leaving around 80 dead and dozens injured. The train left the tracks entirely at 20.41 on a curve 4km south of Santiago station, where it was due to call.
FIRST half results for Vossloh make grim reading as an additional provision of "double-digit million" euros for damages claimed in a lawsuit involving its Transportation Systems business unit has driven the company into a loss.
THE Swiss Federal Transport Office (BAV) has granted a limited approval for use of Bombardier's Traxx F140 AC Last Mile, a 5.6MW electric locomotive with 240kW auxiliary diesel engine for non-electrified branch lines or sidings.
DURING last week's state visit of Belarusian president Mr Alexander Lukashenko to Beijing, Belarus Railways (BC) signed a contract with China National Electric Import and Export Corporation for 18 7.2MW electric locomotives from CNR Datong Locomotive Works.
