CSR Ziyang, China, has won a Rs 10.8bn ($US 110.5m) contract from Pakistan Railways (PR) for 50 diesel-electric locomotives. The first 10 locomotives are due to be delivered by the end of this year while the rest will be shipped to Pakistan by the end of May 2014.
THE Zimbabwe government says it is negotiating a build, operate, transfer (BOT) deal with an unidentified South African company to rehabilitate the rail network at an estimated cost of $US 340m.
BOMBARDIER began dynamic testing of the Traxx F140 AC LM electro-diesel locomotive at its Henningsdorf facility near Berlin during January.
BRITISH open-access operator Direct Rail Services (DRS) has revealed the design of its forthcoming EuroLight UK locomotive, 15 of which were ordered from Vossloh last January.
JAPAN's Iwate Kaihatsu Railway (IKT) has installed a new emissions reduction system from Hotstart, United States, in one of its diesel locomotives with the aim of reducing exhaust smoke, which had led to complaints from residents living near the line in Ofunato.
EUROTUNNEL's attempts to further develop railfreight services through the Channel Tunnel continued this weekend with the successful test of a Siemens Vectron locomotive.
GE has announced it is to expand its strategic partnership with Tülomsaş, which will see the Turkish manufacturer become the main supplier of PowerHaul diesel locomotives for Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa.
GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) granted Siemens approval on December 21 for the operation of Vectron locomotives on the German mainline network.
SIEMENS handed over two 5.2MW Vectron 3kV dc electric locomotives to DB Schenker Rail Poland at a ceremony at the Polish Railway Institute on December 20.
THE board of Southern California commuter rail operator Metrolink has approved the purchase of 10 Tier 4-compliant locomotives from EMD, which it says will reduce locomotive emissions by 86%.
