MRS Logistics will take delivery in August of the first of seven rack locomotives being built by Stadler in Switzerland under a Reais 120m ($US 7.6m) contract.
The first 4.1MW diesel freight locomotive jointly designed by Indian Railways' Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, EMD, and India's Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) will be completed soon.
LOCOMOTIVE components and freight wagons are to be manufactured in India through a joint venture between UGL, Australia, and Texmaco Rail & Engineering using the latter's facility in Kolkata.
With Cetest, Spain, carrying out tests on Oaris, CAF's first high-speed train, Igor Alonso Portillo, Cetest's director of strategy and business development, explains the testing procedures required for the latest high-speed train technologies.
CAF has secured a Riyals 553m ($US 147.5m) contract with Saudi Railways Company (SAR) to supply five push-pull diesel passenger trains for the North-South Railway.
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,
Plans to invest $US 2.33bn in 167 new metro trains are likely to be abandoned because the abolition of the city's car ownership tax has caused a funding shortfall.
CSR has been awarded a contract to supply 23 five-car trains for Metro Line 2.
THE first of 28 Kiss double-deck emus for Swiss operator BLS was unveiled today in Erlen by Mr Peter Spuhler owner of Stadler and Mr Bernard Guillelmon, CEO of BLS. The first train is due to enter service on the Bern S-Bahn in December and delivery of the SFr 494m ($US 552m) contract will be completed in late 2014.
