Russia: TR EAEU 001/2011 certification for mass production of these cars was obtained in February and March. The manufacturer claims a number of improvements in technical characteristics regarding the 19-1244 hopper of the previous generation.
Russia: The company is working on the certification of a bogie for a 25-t axle load. R&D is also underway in the direction of telematics and a pre-design study of a two-axle bogie for 140 km/h railcars is being carried out.
Aluminum is already strongly associated with rail freight transportation rolling stock in many countries. Russia joined the trend a few years ago.
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.
