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A Busy Summer For Shcherbinka
  • 13th Aug 2013 08:57
A Busy Summer For Shcherbinka
In Mid-August VNIIZhT test centre was hosting a full consignment of new vehicles destined for the Russian network. Examples include the first 25 kV...
First PKP IC Pendolino Enters Poland
  • 12th Aug 2013 20:07
First PKP IC Pendolino Enters Poland
Between 8 and 12 August 2013 PKP Intercity’s first Pendolino was delivered from Italy to Poland, traversing the Czech Republic on the 10th and 11th...
Griffin Testing At Velim
  • 12th Aug 2013 19:27
Griffin Testing At Velim
Following arrival at the VUZ test centre Velim, E4MSU-001 electric was prepared for dynamic testing, and is shown here on the small circuit on 10...
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Griffin Enters The Czech Republic
  • 5th Aug 2013 21:36
Griffin Enters The Czech Republic
On 3 August 2013 Newag Gliwice’s triple-voltage Griffin locomotive arrived at Chalupki border station, shown here on the 5th of the month. On the...
New ŠKODA Push-Pull Rakes For DB
  • 5th Aug 2013 11:29
New ŠKODA Push-Pull Rakes For DB
On 5 August 2013 ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION and Deutsche Bahn representatives signed the contract (announced in June, see R 3/13, p. 10) for six push...
More Slovakian Open Access Railfreight On The SŽDC Network
  • 2nd Aug 2013 17:21
More Slovakian Open Access Railfreight On The SŽDC Network
Starting in the second half of June, Express Rail started operating open access freights in the Czech Republic, using its own licence. This is the...
A BOB Meridian FLIRT Visits Wien
  • 1st Aug 2013 23:21
A BOB Meridian FLIRT Visits Wien
On 30/31 July 2013 the six-car ET 305 destined for Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) and being the first one to be built at Stadler’s Siedlce works,...
The Thousandth Talent 2 Bodyshell
  • 19th Jul 2013 21:47
The Thousandth Talent 2 Bodyshell
On 19 July 2013 at Bombardier’s Česká Lípa works the thousandth Talent 2 EMU bodyshell was unveiled. This forms part of the batch of 1,149...
Oberpfalzbahn’s LINKs On Test
  • 28th Jun 2013 19:47
Oberpfalzbahn’s LINKs On Test
After testing of the first Oberpfalzbahn’s LINK DMU in Germany in April and May 2013, 600-001 returned to Poland and since late May has been at...
ŠKODA 109 E Electrics Become "Emil Zátopek"
  • 27th Jun 2013 21:54
ŠKODA 109 E Electrics Become "Emil Zátopek"
Older readers may recall the Helsinki Olympics of 1952, when the Czech long distance runner Emil Zátopek won two gold medals for the 5,000 m and 10...
New Locomotives For Australian Coal Railways
  • 27th Jun 2013 13:12
New Locomotives For Australian Coal Railways
In August 2012 Siemens was awarded an order by the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance for 13 heavy-haul Type E40AC freight locomotives, since late...
An e320 In Belgium
  • 27th Jun 2013 13:09
An e320 In Belgium
During the evening of 25 June 2013 one complete e320 unit (4002, or 374 002) destined for Eurostar entered Belgium, being hauled by Crossrail’s...
New Locomotives For TCDD
  • 25th Jun 2013 16:01
New Locomotives For TCDD
Hyundai Rotem, working together with Tülomsas and ŠKODA ELECTRIC, is currently building a batch of 80 Class E6800 25 kV AC electrics for TCDD. The...
Rollout Of First Artic
  • 14th Jun 2013 01:10
Rollout Of First Artic
On 13 June 2013 Transtech presented its latest new product at the company’s Otanmäki works, situated southeast of Oulu, around 500 km north of the...
First Serial Dragons
  • 12th Jun 2013 17:20
First Serial Dragons
In late May 2013 Newag Gliwice embarked upon the final assembly of first of the serial Type E6ACT Dragon electrics. Here we see the bodyshell of...
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