Beacon Rail, a rolling stock leasing company, has ordered ten Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. They are to be used along the Rhine-Alpine corridor, between North Sea ports, and on domestic European routes. This order will bring the number of Vectron locomotives in the company’s fleet to 170.
Since the beginning of 2023, Kamet Steel (part of Metinvest Group) has received three diesel locomotives after re-motorization, i.e. replacement of diesel engines. The TGM-4 diesel locomotives were powered by engines from the American companies Cummins and Caterpillar.
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Medway, the Portuguese rail freight operator owned by MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), has leased six E494 Alstom Traxx locomotives from Akiem leasing company.
Since July of this year, the French leasing company Ermewa has delivered 102 new intermodal wagons to Mercitalia Logistics, which is part of the Italian state railroad (Gruppo FS Italiane). Tatravagonka has built four-axle Sgmmnss 40′ railcars in Poprad, Slovakia.
Polish railway operator LOTOS Kolej of the ORLEN Group has signed a contract for the purchase of 10 GAMA electric locomotives from PESA (a Polish concern specializing in the production and modernization of locomotives, wagons, etc.) Under the contract, the manufacturer is to deliver all locomotives in 2H 2024.
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The Transport Logistics Center branch of Ukrzaliznytsia has held a tender for the purchase of 115 tank cars for the 1,435 mm gauge. The rolling stock is to be delivered by December 31, 2023.
Rolling stock leasing operator Alpha Trains and manufacturer Stadler have signed an agreement to purchase 12 Euro9000 locomotives; the contract was signed by Fernando Pérez, CEO of Alpha Trains Group, and Iñigo Parra, CEO of Stadler Valencia.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 1,200 t of large railway steel castings in September 2023. The total production reached almost 7,900 t during the period started January 1 and ended September 31, 2023.