Russia: The manufacturer plans to certify and put in operation a new hopper car of a 19-1299 model this year. It is announced about improved technical characteristics compared to the previous generation of 19-1244 hopper car.
17 January 2022
Russia: The manufacturer plans to certify and put in operation a new hopper car of a 19-1299 model this year. It is announced about improved technical characteristics compared to the previous generation of 19-1244 hopper car.
Russia: This is 26% less than the volume of purchases in 2019-2021. The reduction will be mostly due to a slowdown in demand for gondola cars and low growth in freight traffic, GTLK writes, citing INFOline forecasts.
Russia: Proposals that will pass the competitive selection will be considered by the company for trial operation with the prospect of purchase.
USA: New gondola car was created by the manufacturer jointly with U.S. Steel and the freight railway operator Norfolk Southern, which has already placed an initial order for 800 such cars.
Russia: The utility model has been registered by Rospatent. The intellectual technology rights are owned by VNICTT, a member entity of the Russian freight car manufacturer - United Wagon Company.
Russia: Such data was provided by GPBL CEO Maksim Kalinkin. In the beginning of 2021 the company was procuring container flatcars with the price of $40 tsd USD per each, but now contracts are signed with the price of at least $49 tsd USD.