China: An eight-axle locomotive built for CHN Energy, a state-owned mining and energy company from China, to transport coal in the north of the country, was unveiled in Zhuzhou.
USA: According to the agreement, RailPulse becomes a reseller partner who is going to supply railcar owners with the IQ Series telematics system.
Finland: The radio-controlled shunting Tandem DER 150 was launched to move trains being loaded with iron sulphate on a 500 m track section, which connects a loading hall and a main line.
Russia: Last week, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin launched the tests at the opening of the capital’s development Centre for electric transport and unmanned technology.
Brief overview of key events and news in the passenger rolling stock markets.
China: Ten six-axle FXN3B locomotives are performing shunting operations at two Beijing railway stations.
France: The manufacturer has delivered the first of 35 Citadis 402 low-floor trams to the Lyon's Public Transport Authority SYTRAL.
Australia: Two weeks ago, the mining company Rio Tinto announced that its freight train hit a set of loaded stationary cars 80 km from the city of Karratha.
USA: The Wall Street Journal has a great article on the prospects and limitations of alternative traction for diesel locomotives.
