CRRC Corporation has released images of the first Kleinstlok HH hybrid shunting locomotive for German Rail (DB), which will be on display at InnoTrans in Berlin next month.

ANTOFAGASTA and Bolivia Railway (FCAB) has received and begun operation with seven EMD GT42AC locomotives, marking the beginning of its fleet renewal which is set to continue in 2019 with 11 additional locomotives on order, including five C23EMP single-cab ac/dc diesel-electric locomotives from GE Transportation.

WEST Midlands Trains (WMT) and Vivarail have officially signed a contract for the supply of three Class 230 D-Train multiple units, which will begin running on the Bedford - Bletchley Marston Vale line in December following their extensive rebuild at Vivarail’s Long Marston depot in Warwickshire.

BOMBARDIER Transportation opened a new €1m laboratory in Mannheim on August 23, where it will develop and test electronics systems for train control (TCMS) and signalling and control systems.

ALUMINIUM Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has taken delivery of a batch of CRRC Qishuyan DF8B diesel locomotives, which will be used to haul alumina trains to the company’s refinery at St Elizabeth.

SOFTRONIC, Romania, officially handed over the first two Transmontana electric locomotives for Green Cargo in a ceremony at the Swedish rail freight operator’s Eskilstuna depot last month.