A Brazilian heritage rail group saved and restored a C30-7A locomotive in time for holiday train duty in the South American country. Bruno Sanches ARARAQUARA, São Paulo, Brazil — A Brazilian preservation group that saved the country’s only surviving C30-7A locomotive made quick work of its restoration and is now taking it on a tour […]
Rescue workers survey the scene of a train accident in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday. A high speed train hit a locomotive engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass. Associated Press A high speed trainset for Turkey’s state railway is displayed at InnoTrans in Berlin in 2016. One of six similar trainsets was involved in Thursday’s […]
A GE-built TE33A locomotive for Ukraine. GE Transportation MELITOPOL, Ukraine — GE Transportation and Ukrainian Railways today celebrated a major accomplishment as the first Evolution Series locomotive entered service in Ukraine, part of an ongoing cooperative effort to comprehensively upgrade the country’s diesel-electric rail fleet. The project goal is to modernize Ukraine’s transportation infrastructure and […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — The Greenbrier Companies is a big deal in North American railcar manufacturing — the second largest of seven major competitors in the market, according to its 10-K SEC filing. But it’s also a major player internationally. Greenbrier has joint ventures in Europe and Brazil; earlier this year it acquired majority ownership […]
CHICAGO — Moldovan Railways has selected GE Transportation to supply 12 Evolution Series locomotives, as well as parts, training, and services. This is the first locomotive order in Moldova for GE Transportation and marks a significant step as the country seeks to upgrade its existing fleet to haul freight trains, primarily carrying grain and ore, […]
NEWMAN, Western Australia — Media outlets are airing videos that better show the extent of the damage done to a runaway iron ore train that crashed in the Western Australia desert on Monday. The Guardian, Australian Broadcasting Corp., and others are showing hand-held cell phone videos of the BHP Billiton train that became a runaway […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — At least 18 people were killed and another 187 injured on Sunday afternoon when a passenger train derailed in Northeast Taiwan. It is the country’s worst rail accident in 27 years. Puyama Express No. 6432 derailed near the town of Su’ao, about 43 miles from Taipai. All eight cars of the train […]
Roy Hill and GE Transportation officials pose on the pilot deck of a GE ES44ACi locomotive painted pink for breast cancer awareness. GE Transportation FORT WORTH, Texas — On Thursday, Roy Hill, Hancock Prospecting, and GE celebrated a Pilbara, Australia and Australasia first with the arrival of two new pink locomotives at an event held […]
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Progress Rail will provide new locomotives for Egyptian National Railways and and modernize, overhaul, and maintain part of the existing ENR locomotive fleet under a Memoradum of Understanding announced Tuesday. Progress Rail’s EMD products have served the Egyptian market since the 1950s and powered or supplied the majority of the current ENR […]
A British group has formed a subsidiary to build a new version of the V4 steam locomotive. One of the original V4s is shown here. A1 Steam Locomotive Trust DARLINGTON, England — The Brits are at it again. The British group behind the Tornado — the first main line steam locomotive built in the United […]
With a BNSF Railway unit in the lead, a Mexico-bound empty auto rack train pulls into Robstown, Texas, on Kansas City Southern tracks in November 2017. Bill Stephens The trade deal reached by the U.S. and Mexico this week — which The Wall Street Journal dubbed “half a NAFTA” — may be positive for railroads […]
Kaliningrad, Russia Google Maps KALININGRAD, Russia — A 16-year-old boy is fighting for his life after climbing atop a railroad bridge and grabbing on to an electrified catenary wire. A U.K. website reports that the teenager climbed on to the railroad bridge in western Russia and grabbed the catenary and pretended to be shocked. A […]
