LOCOMOTIVE leasing company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE) has ordered 15 Vectron four-axle ac electric locomotives from Siemens which are intended for use on cross-border operations between Germany, Austria and Hungary.
SOUTHERN California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) has become the first US operator to place an order for diesels meeting the latest US EPA Tier 4 emissions standards, after awarding Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) a contract to supply 20 F125 Spirit Locomotives.
ALSTOM and Transmashholding (TMH) signed an agreement with Russian Railways (RZD) at the 1520 Strategic Partnership forum in Sochi on May 30 to develop a new design of dual-voltage electric locomotive.
PRETORIA-based RRL Grindrod has sold two and leased four ex-Queensland Rail (QR) General Electric type C22-MMi locomotives to Democratic Republic of Congo National Railways (SNCC).
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) signed a letter of intent with Luganskteplovoz, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Transmashholding, Russia, on May 16 for the purchase of 300 twin-unit electric freight locomotives.
KIWIRAIL has been allocated an extra $NZ 94m ($US 76m) as part of the New Zealand government's 2013-14 budget, which was announced on May 16.
SIEMENS rolled out the first completed ACS-64 Cities Sprinter multi-system electric locomotive for Amtrak at its Sacramento plant in California on May 13.
FOLLOWING hot on the heels of a request for qualification (RFQ) to build a new diesel locomotive plant at Marhowra in Bihar province, India's Ministry of Railways has issued an RFQ for an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, also situated in Bihar.
INDIA's Ministry of Railways has invited requests for qualification (RFQ) to establish a new diesel locomotive factory at Marhowra, in the Saran district of Bihar province.
GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on May 2 that it has agreed a framework contract with Bombardier for up to 450 Traxx electric locomotives over the next 10 years, which could be worth up €1.5bn if all options are exercised.
