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ELL and Siemens sign framework agreement for a further 50 Vectron trains
2016-06-07 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Full-service provider European Locomotive Leasing (ELL) has signed a framework agreement with Siemens for an addition of 50 Vectron locomotives.
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May's top stories: Siemens and CRRC to provide trains to BTSC and DB to sell Arriva shares
2016-06-07 01:00:00| Railway Technology
BTSC has awarded contracts worth THB11bn ($307m) to Siemens and CRRC, DB to sell a minority stake in DB Arriva and DB Schenker. Railway-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from May.
Oregon explosion reminds us oil trains are weapons of mass destruction
2016-06-07 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: An oil train that went off the tracks and burst into flames in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon last week hasn`t been cleaned up yet, but the railroad is already back to business as usual. And many North Americans are feeling renewed anxieties about the danger of what activists call "bomb trains." On Friday, 16 Union Pacific train cars filled with highly combustible fracked oil from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota derailed outside Mosier, Ore. Multiple cars caught fire, and about...
Oil Train Derails in Columbia River Gorge, Rally Calls for Ban on Bomb Trains
2016-06-05 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A unit train carrying crude oil derailed near Mosier, Oregon, Friday. Mosier schools were evacuated and a large black plume of smoke filled the sky with visible flames. The train was carrying crude oil on the Union Pacific rail line. The placards on the train said 1267--signifying that the trains were carrying crude oil. "I never thought I`d see an oil train derail and burn in my community," Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper, said. "I watched in horror as the red...
Victoria to refurbish North East lines fleet of trains
2016-06-02 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Government of Victoria in Australia is set to refurbish north east line's fleet of classic trains and plans to replace them with new rolling stock.
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