Category: Rolling Stock

Back for the long haul

Downer has a range of engineering capabilities already on hand but has also recruited global experts to join the team. Image: Downer

Downer Group has returned to the freight market with a focus on decarbonisation and working closely with customers and industry …

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‘Rail magnetic levitation can work without infrastructure upgrades’

IronLev, an Italian company specialising in magnetic levitation solutions, has recently carried out tests to apply its technology on existing railways without any need to upgrade the current infrastructure. RailFreight.com had a discussion with IronLev co-founders Adriano Girotto and Luca Cesaretti to better understand how the technology works and how it can be advantageous for…

Germany, Austria and Switzerland ask for EU-wide DAC commitment

The governments of Germany, Austria and Switzerland said that their efforts in the context of deploying Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) “are necessary, but not sufficient”. They are asking for the creation of an EU-wide funding mechanism, financial commitment from all Member States and strong foundations from the sector. Germany, Austria and Switzerland are thus asking…

West Midlands Trains to continue to maintain CrossCountry Class 170 trains

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has announced that it has come to a long-term maintenance contract to keep maintaining, servicing and cleaning CrossCountry’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.

West Midlands Trains to continue to maintain CrossCountry Class 170 trains

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has announced that it has come to a long-term maintenance contract to keep maintaining, servicing and cleaning CrossCountry’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.

Three years and 100 million euros for MSC’s Wärtsilä takeover in Trieste

Shipping giant MSC recently unveiled its plan to take over the disused Wärtsilä plant at the port of Trieste and convert it into a rail rolling stock production factory. The main feature is the progressive reintegration into the new site by 2027 of the roughly 280 former Wärtsilä employees, currently under a Redundancy Fund (Cassa…

DB Cargo Italia ditches diesel, switches to HVO

DB Cargo Italia is currently in the process of implementing a switch from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel. All diesel-powered locomotives of the company will switch to HVO by the end of the summer. According to DB Cargo, HVO represents a more environmentally friendly and renewable alternative to fossil fuels. The Italian subsidiary…