Deals and tenders in the passenger rolling stock markets.
Brazil: Two eight-axle Bo-Bo – Bo-Bo EMD Joule locomotives have been presented at the American manufacturer’s facility in Sete Lagoas.
Brazil: An agreement has been signed between US locomotive manufacturer Wabtec and local mining company Vale.
Brazil: The six-car Metropolis train was delivered to the Patio Morro Grande depot from the plant in Taubaté.
Brazil: CRRC has presented the first four-car metro train for the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte at the Changchun plant in China.
Brazil: The Brazilian Association of the Railway Industry ABIFER and the Interstate Union of the Railway and Road Materials and Equipment Industry SIMEFRE have issued a statement to this effect.
Brazil: According to Tarcísio de Freitas, governor of the state of São Paulo, the Chinese manufacturer could consider using the facility of the former IESA, which is currently under judicial recovery, in the city of Araraquara.
Contracts and deals in the freight car market.
Brazil: The Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System (ATGMS) has been installed on the BB40-9WM locomotive by the developer, ENSCO Rail from USA.