Turkiye: The national operator TCDD plans to purchase 115 mainline and eight shunting locomotives, 56 electric trains and 49 passenger coaches.
20 February 2024
Turkiye: The national operator TCDD plans to purchase 115 mainline and eight shunting locomotives, 56 electric trains and 49 passenger coaches.
Russia: The plan to submit them to the Russian government this year was announced by Oleg Belozerov, General Director of Russian Railways (RZD), at the final meeting of the board on 14 February.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Kazakhstan: By the end of 2023, Kazakhstan's national operator had received 112 locomotives, 102 passenger cars, and 242 gondola cars.
Germany: The company says it has completed the acquisition of Reuschling in Hattingen, which specialises in the maintenance, scheduled and unscheduled repair and refurbishment of shunting locomotives.
Australia: A batch of six six-axle GT46C-ACe Gen II diesel locomotives has arrived at the Port of Newcastle from the US plant in Muncie.
Canada: Coupled to a mainline locomotive, a tender from the US company HGmotive is being tested on the Canadian operator’s tracks.
USA: OptiFuel Systems has announced the development of a 4,100 kW locomotive powered by renewable natural gas (RNG) from bio-waste with a specially designed 1,850 kW tender with a 28 m3 DGE capacity.