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Class EP20 In Regular Service
  • 18th Feb 2013 01:17
Class EP20 In Regular Service
RZD is currently receiving more locomotives of this new class from NEVZ. At present the batch EP20s are used on Moskva - Orsk and Moskva - Voronezh...
Double-Deck EMUs For Aeroexpress
  • 13th Feb 2013 20:31
Double-Deck EMUs For Aeroexpress
On 13 February Stadler announced that it has won a contract from the Russian rail operator Aeroexpress for 24 double deck EMUs (16 four-car and...
RENFE Class 100 On Test In France
  • 9th Feb 2013 17:21
RENFE Class 100 On Test In France
RENFE’s 100.024 started life as a dual-voltage (3 and 25 kV) 1,668 mm gauge Class 101 in the mid-1990s, used on Barcelona to València and Alacant...
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TGV OUIGO
  • 7th Feb 2013 19:41
TGV OUIGO
Since 2012 SNCF has been developing a new low cost TGV service, which will be marketed as OUIGO (pronounced like „we go“). This follows on from the...
A German LINK At Źmigród
  • 7th Feb 2013 19:32
A German LINK At Źmigród
On 5 February 2013 LINK DMU 600-001, the first for Oberpfalzbahn, arrived at the OETD IK’s Źmigród test circuit. Here we see it on the 6th, waiting...
Class 2TE116UD Certificated
  • 30th Jan 2013 14:08
Class 2TE116UD Certificated
On 28 December 2012 TMH announced that Luganskteplovoz had received a certificate of compliance from RS FZhT for its Class 2TE116UD freight diesel....
A Vectron Inside The Channel Tunnel
  • 29th Jan 2013 19:19
A Vectron Inside The Channel Tunnel
In late January 2013 Eurotunnel and Siemens tested Vectron AC 193 922 in the Channel Tunnel. The only modification necessary to the locomotive was...
First Class TE8 Diesel
  • 29th Jan 2013 16:04
First Class TE8 Diesel
On 24 January 2013 Sinara handed over TE8-0001 to the Mechel-Trans Vostok transport subsidiary of the Mechel mining, metallurgy and power...
First Lastochkas Carrying Passengers
  • 28th Jan 2013 17:31
First Lastochkas Carrying Passengers
On 23 January 2013 RZD’s first Lastochka EMUs entered public service, following a presentation event at St. Petersburg-Moskovskaya station attended...
New Locomotives For BCh
  • 28th Jan 2013 10:36
New Locomotives For BCh
Since December 2012 TME3-001, the first of the 20 diesel shunters of this class ordered by BCh from CZ LOKO, has been in Belarus. Here we see it on...
CRH6 EMU Presentation
  • 22nd Jan 2013 11:27
CRH6 EMU Presentation
On 30 November 2012 CSR presented the prototype of the eight-car Class CRH6 EMU (see R 5/12, p. 34). The prototype, which carries the number CRH6A...
New Life For Overhauled Ex-BDZ Class 43 Electrics
  • 18th Jan 2013 17:33
New Life For Overhauled Ex-BDZ Class 43 Electrics
In October 2012 CZ LOKO, working together with ČMŽO Přerov, started to overhaul the first of four ex-BDZ Class 43 electrics, 43.555. The work was...
Conditional Approval For Class 380s Extended
  • 18th Jan 2013 10:04
Conditional Approval For Class 380s Extended
The ŠKODA-built Class 380 electrics have still not received their full authorisation. They continue to operate in the Czech Republic only and under...
Estonian FLIRTs Start Test Runs
  • 18th Jan 2013 09:58
Estonian FLIRTs Start Test Runs
Elektriraudtee's FLIRTs have started their first test runs. The first one took place on 8 January 2013, when EMU 1401 ran from its home depot at...
First OMNEO On Tests
  • 17th Jan 2013 11:51
First OMNEO On Tests
In October 2012 SNCF’s first Bombardier-built OMNEO EMU arrived at the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic, and has been there since then. It...
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