Russia: In 2019 and 2021, Russian Railways purchased a total of 9 TEM31M shunter from LocoTech. In turn, another producer, STM, has recently received about 20 requests from industrial rail companies for TGMK2 shunter.
Russia: Ust-Katav car-building plant (UKCP) plans to invest 958 mln RUR ($12 mln USD) in the construction of a new workshop for the trams production. The company explains its plans with a growing portfolio of orders.
Russia: At the end of 2021, 34 production sites have been forming digital passports in the system, and in January the largest railway wheel manufacturer of 1520 mm gauge area, Vyksa Steel Works (VSW), fully joined the system.
Russia: The offer price turned out to be 40 mln RUR ($0,52 mln USD) higher than the maximum set by the operator and so the application of Progress Rail was not allowed for evaluation, and the tender was declared invalid.
Russia: The issue includes materials on metro cars produced by Transmashholding (TMH) for the capital of Uzbekistan, the development of the container flatcar portfolio, and the operation of its diesel engineering center.
Russia: A new three-section 71-418 tram model from a UVZ manufacturer is already running in Yekaterinburg with passengers as a two-section model and a narrow-gauge model for European markets are under development.
Russia: Sinara Group plans to introduce the first DC electric locomotive of the new series in February, and to test and certify it during 2022.
Russia: By 2024, the first stage of the project implementation should be completed, which includes R&D and phased production preparation.
Russia: Mikhail Lifshitz, General Designer and Chairman of the ROTEC Board of Directors, presented estimates of the economic effect from the introduction of supercapacitors on the entire fleet of trams operated in the country.
