ROLLS-ROYCE is to supply 100 2200kW MTU Series 4000 diesel engines for freight locomotives in Argentina in a €30m+ deal with China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC).

FOURTH quarter and full-year revenues for Bombardier Transportation fell compared with 2014's figures, the company has revealed – and it plans to cut 3,200 jobs in its non-aviation transport activities.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) is to order 507 new diesel and electric locomotives in 2016 at a cost of Roubles 69.2bn ($US 897m).

INDONESIAN Transport Minister Mr Ignasius Jonan says the country will purchase up to 400 locomotives from General Electric or Electro-Motive Diesel as part of its rail expansion plans.

NEARLY 18 years after the first EMD JTW42CWR (class 66) diesel locomotives arrived in Europe, the final batch of seven units for GB Railfreight (GBRf) was unloaded at the Welsh port of Newport on February 13.

ALSTOM has acquired an additional 25% stake in the Kazakh EKZ joint venture locomotive manufacturer from Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) to become the main shareholder with a 50% holding.

METRANS, the open-access railfreight subsidiary of Hamburg Ports and Logistics (HHLA), has awarded Alstom a contract to supply two Prima H3 hybrid shunting locomotives.

THE view from the 49th floor of Transnet's Johannesburg headquarters is impressive. The city sprawls out on all sides and those with an eye for such things will immediately note the big yard to the north - where lines of passenger coaches are a reminder of South Africa's once vibrant long-distance passenger train service - and to the south, the vast City Deep terminal through which 60% of Gauteng province's container traffic currently flows.

RIO de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beach and Christ the Redeemer statue are set to serve as the backdrop for next summer's Olympic Games, the first to be held in a South American city.