Austria: The conversion conducted by mZERO, an engineering consultancy in Austria, has resulted in replacing the 122kW engine of the MAN X534 track machine with hydrogen fuel cells of the same power produced by Accelera (part of Cummins, USA).
The most significant events and trends in the global rolling stock market in 2023 according to the ROLLINGSTOCK team.
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.
Austria: The hybrid CatenaryCrafter 15.4 E3, powered by catenary, batteries, and a 520 kW diesel generator, is being tested on the networks of the Austrian operator OBB.
Austria: With the first trains, the national operator connected Hamburg with Vienna and Innsbruck.
Austria: National infrastructure operator OBB-Infrastruktur showed the head car of the train. Functional tests are to begin this year.
Germany, Austria: Talgo showed the first ICE L train coach for Deutsche Bahn. In turn, Siemens Mobility presented the interior of a new generation of Viaggio coaches for OBB.
Austria: The project has been implemented by the freight operator since 2019 together with the A1 mobile operator and is aimed at equipping up to 12,000 freight cars with SmartCargo telematics devices.