ADELAIDE-based operator Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) has received the first of 16 new locomotives that will be delivered this year.

INDIAN Railways (IR) is inviting international bids to set up two locomotive factories at Marhaura and Madhepura in Bihar state.

RUSSIAN wagon leasor Brunswick Rail has expanded its fleet to more than 20,000 after purchasing 2000 open wagons from Ukranian and Russian manufacturers on November 24.

HITACHI is reportedly seeking a domestic partner to set up a joint venture assembly plant in India.

VTG Rail, a subsidiary of VTG, Germany, has acquired SC Leasing, United States, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of America, and its 2000 freight wagons, doubling VTG Rail's North American customer base.

FINNISH state-owned railway, VR Group, says it will begin the acquisition of 80 electric locomotives, with an option for an additional 97, in the next few months to replace its oldest SR-1s, 112 of which were built by Novcherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant between 1973 and 1996.