IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Vossloh celebrated the delivery of the 100th G6 diesel shunting locomotive at InnoTrans on September 24, when it handed over one of six units ordered by SNCF Geodis subsidiary Captrain Germany.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: OMNITRAM, a low-floor LRV developed by a joint venture of German bogie supplier Transtec F&E Vetschau and Electron, Ukraine, makes its first appearance at InnoTrans this week.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Zetica Rail, Britain, has unveiled a new infrastructure measuring pod at InnoTrans which enables track and structure monitoring equipment to be mounted on almost any rail or road-rail vehicle.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: HUNGARY's national transport authority has approved the trial passenger operation of MAV-Start's two prototype IC+ coaches, which have been designed and built in-house at the national passenger operator's Szolnok workshops.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: THE eight founding members of the Shift2Rail joint technology research initiative are expected to be announced next week, as leaders of the programme have told suppliers not to miss the opportunity to participate in the research projects that will define the future direction of the rail industry in Europe.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: SIEMENS announced on September 24 that it has received an Authorisation to Place Into Service (APS) from Germany's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) for its Vectron DE range of diesel-electric locomotives.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: GERMAN Rail (DB) announced at InnoTrans on September 24 that it has placed a further order for 26 three-car Link DMUs with Pesa as part of a framework agreement signed with the Polish supplier at InnoTrans 2012 for up to 470 sets.

ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel (EMD) has secured orders to supply a total of 34 SD70ACe locomotives to Mexico's Ferromex and Ferrosur.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: PLASSER & THEURER formally handed over a two-car GMTZ track recording train to German infrastructure manager DB Networks at InnoTrans on September 24.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: THE last of 20 TEM3 two-axle diesel-electric shunting locomotives for Belarus Railways (BC) was formally handed over to the customer by CZ Loko, Czech Republic, at InnoTrans on September 24.