Railway Interchange 2013: Cummins has announced that its new QSK95 Tier-4 compliant engine will make its debut with Indiana Rail Road Company in an EMD SD90 locomotive currently being refurbished.
EUROTUNNEL'S subsidiary GB Railfreight (GBRf) has signed a contract with EMD for eight additional class 66 diesel locomotives, the first new class 66s to be built for a British operator since 2008.
BRAZILIAN freight operator Latin American Logistics (ALL) has signed an agreement with Progress Rail to lease 18 EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, which will be used on petroleum and ethanol trains in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
SOUTHERN California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) has become the first US operator to place an order for diesels meeting the latest US EPA Tier 4 emissions standards, after awarding Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) a contract to supply 20 F125 Spirit Locomotives.
THE first two of seven locomotives ordered by Etihad Rail from EMD arrived today at Mussafah Port in the United Arab Emirates. The locomotives follow Etihad Rail's first covered hopper wagons supplied by CSR, China, which arrived in December 2012.
THE first batch out of 240 wagons being supplied by CSR, China, to Etihad Rail has arrived in Abu Dhabi's port of Mina Zayed.
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%.
EMD officially opened its new locomotive assembly plant at Sete Lagoas in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on November 29.
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale has received the first of an order for 14 SD70ACe diesel locomotives from EMD, which will be used by the company's newly-established logistics subsidiary, VLI.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Bombardier has reached agreement with EMD to assemble diesel-electric locomotives at its facility in Savli, India for export to southeast Asia.
