Ukraine: At the end of last year, the Ukrainian national operator, known as Ukrzaliznytsia, performed a complete refurbishment of the first diesel locomotive of the series.
Mauritania: The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved a $150 mln loan to fund the logistics expansion programme of the state-owned iron ore mining company SNIM.
USA: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has granted its approval to launch the MotivePower R255 locomotives.
UK: Three LOK 16.300 vehicles have replaced 60-year-old Class 08 shunting locomotives on the tracks of Celsa Steel in Cardiff.
Canada: Here is a summary of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Vice President Kyle Mulligan’s interview with Progressive Railroading about the company’s project to convert diesel locomotives to hydrogen, which has been underway since the early 2020s.
Latest deals and contracts on the locomotive market.
China: A video showing the assembly of the vehicles and an interview with Wang Nan, Deputy Director of the Locomotive Development Department at the plant in Dalian has been published by the China Science Communication media outlet.
Poland: The national passenger operator has presented a comprehensive list of all existing contracts with national manufacturers.
USA: ROLLINGSTOCK has analysed the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) programme developed by the US Federal Railroad Administration for fiscal year 2023–2024.
