Electric Locomotives News
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Eurofima Provides €80m Financing to DSB
Eurofima is making 80 million euros in funding available to DSB – Danish State Railways – for the purchase of Siemens Vectron locomotives.
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Bulgarian State Railways Orders 10 Siemens Smartron Locomotives
Bulgarian State Railways has ordered ten 25kV AC Smartron locomotives from Siemens Mobility, for delivery between February and May 2021.
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EUROFIMA provides €200m Financing to FS Italiane
EUROFIMA, a rolling stock financing company with a non-profit mission, has agreed a 200m euro loan with FS Italiane for TRAXX locomotives.
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Indian Railways Puts First Alstom Prima T8 Locomotive into Service
Indian Railways has put its first Alstom Prima T8 electric locomotive into commercial service, after a contract for 800 units signed in 2015…
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Newag Delivers First Dragon 2 Locomotive to Laude Smart Intermodal
Newag S.A. has delivered the first of four Dragon 2 electric locomotives ordered in May 2019 to Laude Smart Intermodal.
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Cummins and Stadler Deliver Big Win in the Pacific Region
The tender of 34 diesel electric locomotives will power passenger and freight traffic for Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).
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Alstom Delivers First Prima M4 Locomotive to Morocco
Alstom has delivered the first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives to Morocco's national rail operator ONCF. ONCF placed the order in 2018.
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Bombardier Vado Ligure Site Marks 2000th Locomotive Milestone
Bombardier Vado Ligure site celebrates the production of the 2000th locomotive. It has manufactured 1000 since 1994, averaging 40 per year.
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NEWAG to Deliver 5 Dragon 2 Locomotives to RCP
NEWAG has signed a contract with the ROSCO Rail Capital Partners for the delivery of 5 electric Dragon 2 locomotives for delivery in 2020.
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Rolling Stock Highlights at TRAKO 2019
Poland’s accession to the EU in 2004 triggered mass economic investment, including in the country’s railway infrastructure and rolling stock…
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CRRC Performs Type Test for Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Electric Locomotive
CRRC has successfully run type tests for its newly developed permanent magnet direct drive electric locomotive for passenger operations.
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Vossloh Sells Locomotives Business to CRRC
CRRC to buy the Vossloh Locomotives business for a sum in the low millions. The transaction has been approved by Vossloh's supervisory board…
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LED Bulbs – Are They Worth the Investment?
PowerRail offer a wide range of LED, Halogen, and Incandescent lightbulbs. PowerRail’s LED Headlights and Ditch Lights operate at only 40W.
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Wabtec Delivers 5 PowerHaul Locomotives to Turkey
Wabtec has delivered 5 PowerHaul locomotives to Turkish private operator Körfez Ulaştırma A.Ş after the order was placed at InnoTrans 2018.
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Czech Republic: RegioJet Announces Increase in Passengers
RegioJet is expanding their fleet to increas capacity due to a 12 percent increase of passengers travelling on their long-distance trains.
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Industry Insider Week 23 – 13 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 23: Alstom, Bombardier/Hitachi and Siemens mobility release their proposed train designs for HS2.
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New Generation of Six-Axle Locomotives on Display at Transport Logistic
Stadler is displaying its new generation of six-axle hybrid locomotive at Transport Logistic, taking place in Munich 4–7 June.
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Bombardier TRAXX MS3 Locomotive at Transport Logistic
Bombardier will present its TRAXX MS3 locomotive platform at Transport Logistic, which is taking place in Munich 4–7 June 2019.
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Industry Insider Week 22 – 10 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 22: Alstom delivers the first MP16 metro train and begins production of locomotives in Kazakhstan.
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Stadler to Deliver Ten Further Locomotives to ELP
After a framework agreement for 100 locomotives announced earlier in May, Stadler is now to supply ten further electric locomotives to ELP.
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Alstom Begins Production of Passenger Locomotives in Kazakhstan
The Alstom-Transmashholding joint venture EKZ has commenced production of the Prima M4 electric passenger locomotive, type KZ4AT.
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Industry Insider Week 21 – 12 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 21: Alstom wins a contract for 27 fuel cell trains and installs its incremental train control system.
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Stadler Delivers More Hybrid Locomotives for European Freight Corridors
The European Loc Pool has ordered ten Stadler hybrid locomotives consolidating its leading position in this segment of rolling stock leasing…
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Industry Insider Week 19 - 11 Must Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 19: news about the BLS long-distance franchises, Vivarail's plans for hydrogen trains and more.