USA: Railcar builder Greenbrier has unveiled a project to supply 50 gondola cars, bringing together steelmaker SSAB and scrap-recycling company Alter Trading Corporation, which is also the customer for the rolling stock.
Recent deals and tenders in the freight car market.
South Africa: The decision follows contracts secured this spring for 2,235 freight wagons and 30 diesel locomotives. The rolling stock, worth $430 mln, is destined for local freight operators.
Russia: RZD is piloting the world's first large-scale digital railway station at Chelyabinsk-Glavny marshalling yard, integrating diagnostics, planning and operations into one unified digital model to transform train marshalling control.
Türkiye: This June, Winton Industries secured its first certification confirming that its four-axle Uacns powder wagon meets European TSI requirements.
Russia: Wagon designers from Russia's Ural region, where the plant is located, have long led the way in wagon-building technology, and UVZ's engineering school is internationally recognised. That breakthrough, innovative streak hasn't faded — it's still driving the plant today.
UK: Green Signals podcast host Richard Bowker visited the site of the UK's last remaining independent wagon builder.
Recent deals and tenders in the freight car market.
Egypt: Company representatives announced the plans at the opening of the first phase of an industrial complex in the city of New Borg El Arab, near Alexandria. The project is being delivered by Al Gharably, an Egyptian engineering and construction company.
