KiwiRail buys Chinese locomotives
NEW ZEALAND'S national railway operator KiwiRail is set to receive its first new locomotives for 20 years after awarding CNR Loric Import and Export Corporation, China, a contract worth around $NZ 75 million ($US 47.2 million) to supply 20 diesel-electric locomotives. The 2700kW locomotives will be manufactured by CNR Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock, and the first batch of six locomotives will be delivered next May, with the remainder due to arrive in New Zealand in August 2010.
NEW ZEALAND'S national railway operator KiwiRail is set to receive its first new locomotives for 20 years after awarding CNR Loric Import and Export Corporation, China, a contract worth around $NZ 75 million ($US 47.2 million) to supply 20 diesel-electric locomotives. The 2700kW locomotives will be manufactured by CNR Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock, and the first batch of six locomotives will be delivered next May, with the remainder due to arrive in New Zealand in August 2010.
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