GE marks the 1,000th locomotive
GE Manufacturing Solutions has celebrated the 1,000th locomotive built at the Fort Worth site. The 1,000th locomotive is a GE […]
Freight
Port of Oakland welcomes first train to new dock facility
The Port of Oakland today welcomed the first train to use a new, USD 100 million near-dock rail facility at […]
TrainOSE attracts a single bid
Italy’s state-owned company Ferrovie dello Stato was the sole candidate to submit an offer for the privatization of Greek railways […]
UGL to supply locomotives to Pacific National
UGL Limited announced that it has been awarded a USD 594 million agreement for the supply and maintenance of locomotives […]
Bulgaria: Transmetrics to enter rail cargo services
Bulgarian cargo management software company Transmetrics announced that it plans to develop its services portfolio to include marine and rail […]
Koppers to deliver rail joints for Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific
Koppers Inc has signed a three-year contract with Norfolk Southern Railway and a five-year contract with Union Pacific Railroad (UP) […]
Kazakhstan: the creation of a new rail freight operator is underway
Measures to establish a national rail operator in Kazakhstan on the basis of JSC Locomotive are underway. The project is […]
Irish Rail tests longer freight trains
Irish Railways (Iarnród Éireann) operated a 440m-long container freight train between Dublin North Wall and Claremorris as part of trials […]
Orient/East-Med Corridor rail freight action plan signed
Transport ministers of eight EU countries located along the Orient East-Med Corridor signed a declaration on 21st June 2016 on […]
Russia: new TEM28 diesel shunting locomotive to undergo tests
A prototype of the TEM28 diesel shunting locomotive manufactured at the Bryansk Engineering Plant, (part of Transmashholding), is undergoing comparative […]