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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.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Austria: With the first trains, the national operator connected Hamburg with Vienna and Innsbruck.
Austria: The logistics company has manufactured a Sgwrs car to transport round wood and sawn timber.
Austria: The contract with the local leasing company ELL includes a firm part for 60 locomotives of various traction types for passenger and freight service with deliveries starting in 2025.
EU: Over 2,500 Traxx locomotives have been sold across Europe, North America, Africa, and Central and South Asia, Alstom says.
Austria: National infrastructure operator OBB-Infrastruktur showed the head car of the train. Functional tests are to begin this year.
EU: The Association of European Rolling Stock Lessors, AERRL, has published the first part of a study of such diesel alternatives as biofuel, biomethane, ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen in rail transport.