THE Swiss Federal Office of Transport has granted a permit to Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to construct the new Bözberg railway tunnel.
SAUDI Railway Company (SAR) has placed an order with The Greenbrier Companies, United States, for approximately 1200 tanks wagons to support industrial mining operations led by Ma'aden at Wa'ad Shamal Industrial City in the Sirhan-Turaif region of northern Saudi Arabia.
AGT Food and Ingredients, Canada, announced on October 5 that its Alliance Pulse Processors subsidiary has reached a $C 57m ($US 43.7m) agreement to acquire Mobil Capital Holdings and its subsidiaries, including shortline operator Mobil Grain.
IRJ at Railway Interchange: Nordco had on display its new electric road-rail yard switching unit and its new RoadReady ballast regulator and tamping machine.
IRJ at Railway Interchange: Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) had on show its first Tier 4-compliant locomotive at the outdoor exhibition area at BNSF's Northtown yard in Minneapolis.
WELLS Fargo announced on September 30 that its wagon finance, leasing and fleet management subsidiary First Union Rail (FUR) has signed an agreement to acquire GE Railcar Services from GE Capital for an undisclosed sum.
SWEDISH rail regulator Transportstyrelsen announced on September 28 that it will withdraw railfreight operator TX Logistik's operating license with effect from October 5 due to deficiencies in its safety management system.
PHASE 1 of Etihad Rail has carried more than 2 million tonnes of sulphur during the first year of trial operation, and full commercial operation of the 264km line linking Shah and Habshan with the port of Ruwais is expected to start soon.
BRITAIN's Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its railfreight statistics for the first quarter of the 2015-16 financial year on September 24, revealing total volumes fell by 17.7% compared with the first quarter of 2014-15 to 4.6 billion net tonne-km.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) railfreight subsidiary Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) announced on September 23 that it has acquired German railfreight operator EBM Cargo as part of its strategy to expand its activities in Germany and the Benelux countries.
