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A €290m loan agreement to support Egyptian National Railways’ planned acquisition of up to 100 diesel locomotives through a supply and maintenance contract was signed by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development on June 19.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
Ontario is to study the feasibility of using of hydrogen fuel cells ‘as an alternative to conventional overhead wires’ for the planned electrification of GO Rail and UP Express routes in the Toronto region.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
Ninth Avenue in downtown Calgary temporarily turned into a train track late Saturday night to help move a 91,000-kilogram landmark to its new home.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
The Ministry of Transport and Egyptian National Railways have signed a US$575m letter of intent for GE to supply 100 Evolution Series mixed-traffic locomotives.
Posted 6 days ago by bevans
It was supposed to be a dream trip to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, but thanks to the shutdown of rail service to Churchill, that dream has been washed away along with the rail bed for one Winnipeg family.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Agreements to fund the purchase of Nippon Signal Automatic Train Stop equipment for the Buenos Aires commuter network were signed during a recent official visit to Japan by President Mauricio Macri.
Posted one week ago by bevans
The mayor of Churchill says next spring is too long to wait for train traffic to resume on the Hudson Bay Railway line.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
An ambitious strategy to double the size of the national rail network by 2040 and develop links to neighbouring countries was set out by Israel Railways at a presentation in Tel Aviv in June 8.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Wabtec Corp has signed a $22m contract to design, supply and commission Positive Train Control for the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, which owns and operates about 470 km of track, including 43 km of main line track.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Crude coming from the Canadian oil sands faces pipeline congestion on its way to the Gulf Coast, forcing production companies to opt for more expensive rail transport instead.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Hudson Bay Railway services between Amery, 47 km northeast of Gillam, and Churchill have been suspended indefinitely owing to ‘unprecedented and catastrophic’ flood damage and are not expected to resume before the winter season, parent company OmniTRAX announced on June 9.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Railserve’s first Tier 4 compliant Dual Leaf Gen-Set Locomotive has entered service in Freeport, Texas. The latest addition to Railserve’s family of locomotives has two Cummins QSX15 engines, and can use only one when hauling lighter loads.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich joined head of the city government Horacio Rodríguez Larreta on June 8 to mark the start of work on a new 5 km elevated alignment for the San Martín commuter route in Buenos Aires.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
It's only a 240-metre long section of unused track near Bayview station, but it has landed the City of Ottawa in hot water with the federal regulators of railway lines, and has a private proponent for commuter rail warning that fixing the mistake could cost the city up to $25 million.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Leasing company Alpha Trains has taken delivery of six Euro 4000 diesel locomotives from Stadler’s Valencia plant.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Vale expects to make significant fuel savings by deploying GE Transportation’s Trip Optimizer automated cruise control system across 114 locomotives used on the Estrada de Ferro Carajás heavy haul network.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp’s wagon leasing and fleet management business SMBC Rail Services completed the $2·78bn acquisition of American Railcar Leasing from investment group Icahn Enterprises on June 1.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Vale expects to make fuel savings of up to 10% by deploying GE Transportation’s Trip Optimizer automated cruise control system across 114 locomotives used on the Estrada de Ferro Carajás heavy haul network.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Caltrain’s board approved the operating and capital budgets for the financial year starting on July 1 at its monthly meeting on June 1.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Yes, that was actor Dan Aykroyd on board the VIA Rail Canada train to Ottawa Friday and yes, he was enjoying a glass of his famous Crystal Head vodka.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
A broken rail sent nine railcars containing sulfur cascading over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on March 15 in Lake Forest, a report has concluded.
Nothing leaked from the tank cars, but the accident caused more than $727,000 in damage to equipment and tracks.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
A agreement to co-operate build the proposed 410 km Elegest – Kyzyl – Kuragino Railway in the Republic of Tyva was signed by Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov and Ruslan Baisarov, Managing Director of coal mining concession holder Tuva Energy Industrial Corp, at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 1.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Unease about white supremacist activity in Portland deepened after the fatal stabbings of two men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade, and some people worry that the famously tolerant community could see a resurgence of the hostilities that once earned it the nickname "Skinhead City."
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
A Tetra digital radio network has been installed on the Sarmiento, Mitre, San Martín, Belgrano Sur and Roca lines of the suburban rail network serving Buenos Aires.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Among the products being launched by small plant specialist Robel at the IAF trade show in Münster on May 30 is a remote monitoring system for fishplates.
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