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[CZ / Expert] Metrans Vectron update – all locomotives out [updatedx4]
On 02.10.2019 the first two Vectron locomotives for Metrans Rail from the Czech Republic arrived in ...
[CZ] ČD Cargo 388 update – Second locomotive out [updated]
Out and about: ČD Cargo TRAXX MS3 no.2 – Detailed pictures by Christian Klotz and Christoph...
[CH] In the picture: SBB Cargo International’s new Ceneri2020 locomotive
Regensburg is blue. Seven locomotives for Südleasing have arrived during the past weeks for final a...
[PL / Expert] Last two Vectron MS for PKP Cargo in Poland
This week, PKP Cargo received the last two Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens. This concludes a con...
[CZ] Video: The ex-DB Stadler GTWs for ČD; Testing begins [updated]
On 16.01.2020, one of ČD’s recently acquired second-hand Stadler GTW units was seen making it...
[DE / Expert] Fleet renewal starts: the DE18s for B&V Leipzig
We already indicated the purchase of one Vosslohm DE18 shunting by B&V Leipzig, now a second loc...
[PL / Expert] Another crash: PKP Intercity EU44 fleet update
PKP Intercity is a Polish passenger operator that started its first trains in 2001. At that time, ...
[FR] Omneo Premium Normandie: the first delivery
We’ve mentioned them before, and it is now time to talk about them again. The first delivery o...
[IL / Expert] Rollout x4: More TRAXX AC3s for Israel on the road [gallery]
Our ongoing coverage of newly released TRAXX AC3s for Israel Railways continues. This time we bring ...
[DE] Can you spot the lok? DB 101 068 is now Back on track
Red does not get greener than this. DB has become the mobility partner for the Greentech Festival fo...
[UK / Expert] Class 196 Civity for the West Midlands: dynamic testing starts
It’s time to talk about Class 196. Ordered in 2017 by British railway operator West Midlands T...
[ES / Expert] Bi-mode and narrow gauge: Stadler wins FGC freight loco tender
We reported last summer about Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Regional railways of Cat...
[AT / Expert] Less green, more white: StB’s 183 717 redesigned
At Railcolor News we are used to covering the latest designs which are being brought to brand new, m...
[UK / Expert] South Western Railway Class 701 Aventras: still testing at Velim
Late last year, we talked about the Bombardier-built Aventra electric multiple units (EMU) that Brit...
[DE / Expert] Raildox 187 666 and 777: Design, Data, Details [updated]
Two brand new TRAXX locomotives, wearing two special numbers, seen on two different locations on the...
[DE / Expert] Now a DB Cargo 185 is ‘Grün’ too [updated]
This article was originally published on 28.12.2019 and updated on 16.01.2020 (new pictures added). ...
[EU / Expert] The ELL Vectron fleet grows to 150 locomotives
We have just updated our ELL Vectron fleet list. And we concluded that it has reached the milestone ...
[BE] First M7 stock in commercial service
On Monday 13.01.2020, new M7-type double-deck coaches were used in commercial service for the first ...
[DE] In the picture: new Locon and Akiem DE18
Fresh shots from Kiel by Berthold Hertzfeldt a.k.a. eisenbahn-nord.de. Below you see Akiem > SNCF...
[DE / Expert] Pretty, but not good – The ‘new’ train between Immenstadt and Oberstdorf
Two worlds collide. Travelers want to travel from A to B, have a seat, comfortably, preferably not t...
[HU / Expert] Specs, backgrounds, analysis: MÁV-Start tenders for 115 new locomotives
Today, state-owned MÁV-Start announced it will be looking to acquire 115 brand new locomotives to u...
[SK] Budamar Vectron fleet all dressed up
Budamar Group, a Slovak logistics company, owns five Siemens Vectron locomotives. Meanwhile, all fiv...
[DE] It’s a match: Railpool’s 193 994 now promoting TankMatch Rail
Another Railpool Vectron from the latest series got a specific design: TankMatch Rail is the name of...
[PL / Expert] Operator profile: Budokrusz and Railpolonia
Budokrusz S.A. from Poland focuses on the production of concrete and (paving) stones. It is located ...
[EE] Czeching the Americans: CZ Loko to modernize six more locomotives for Operail
CZ Loko has signed a contract for the modernization of 6 more C30-locomotives. The American-built ma...
[NL] Tingelingeling… There comes the AlpenExpress!
Last weekend, it was an ELL-Vectron, hired to SBB Cargo International, that took the AlpenExpress fr...
[PL / Expert] Another new Akiem TRAXX DC3 leaving Kassel
You may remember the silver TRAXX locomotive from last year’s TRAKO exhibition. This DC3, with...
[CZ] Shunting in pink: Meet Oceanogate Italia’s new 741.748 by CZ Loko
Our Expert subscribers saw it coming first. In July 2019, CZ Loko revealed it will be supplying a si...
[PL / Expert] PKP Cargo takes delivery of 7 new Dragon 2 electrics
On 24.09.2019, during the Polish trade fair for the rail industry TRAKO, PKP Cargo and Newag presen...
[DE] Railpool completes the new design of 151 075 – first pictures
In October of 2019, we announced that Railpool was planning to release a second 151 series electric...
[CZ] A facelift and new products? How a picture of CZ LOKO future concept tells a story
Czech locomotives manufacturer CZ LOKO has recently tweeted a picture that tells more than a thousan...
[IL / Expert] The Desiro HC for Israel on tests at Wegberg-Wildenrath
The Desiro HC for Israel Railways will be the first order of the type to be exported outside Europe....
[HR / Expert] HŽ Putnički prijevoz to tender for new EMUs in 2020
HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽ PP) is busy planning the modernization of its aging fleet. Although the ...
[IT / Expert] Railpool: Acquisition of LocoItalia
Railpool has concluded an agreement to take over the Italian rental company Locoitalia. Locoitalia,...
[AT] ÖBB consulting the market for new EMUs for international use
Despite having an extensive frame contract with Bombardier, the Austrian federal railways ÖBB has s...
[IT / Expert] Trenitalia: Hybrid ‘Rocks’ are coming
The project is in the planning/construction phase, according to Trenitalia, so pretty soon we expect...
[BG / Expert] Solving the rolling stock deficit of BDZ PP: New EMUs, leasing of locomotives, and more
The passenger division of the Bulgarian state railways (BDZ PP) is expanding further its ambitious a...
[CH] Yes, SBB Cargo International will get its own Ceneri theme locomotive
2020 is the year during which the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT) will be opened. With a 15.4-kilometers-...
[US] Stadler will supply FLIRT trainsets to DART in Texas – maintenance included [updated]
Stadler is continuing its winning streak in the USA, in Texas, to be more precise. At the beginning ...
[UK] Alstom will refurbish and maintain the Avanti West Coast Pendolino fleet [edit]
Avanti West Coast and Alstom have signed a contract for the refurbishment of the Pendolino fleet. Th...
[DE] NIMimum delay: New Škoda Express trains enter service in Bavaria in 2020?
Scheduled to enter service in 2016, delays in the authorization process, and finally delivered in 20...
[BY / Expert] Pesa’s 760M DMUs enter service for Belarusian Railway
In July 2019, Belarusian Railway received its first 760M diesel multiple unit (DMU) by Pesa. A total...
[HU] MÁV-Start to receive 70 additional IC+ coaches for domestic services
It is going slow, but it is moving forward. The passenger division of Hungarian railways, MÁV-Start...
[PL / Expert] Second Dragon 2 locomotive for ZPK Szumowo
In August 2019 we write about Polish company ZPK Szumowo. Newag delivered a Dragon 2 locomotive back...
[PL / Expert] New locomotives for Lotos Kolej with ETCS 3 ready to go
On 13.12.2019 Lotos Kolej published the information that it has signed a contract for the delivery o...
[EU] Loreley: ELL > LTE 193 738 in Logistics4Legends design
It is not entirely new, but we haven’t featured this one on Railcolor News yet. ELL > LTE 1...
[MK / Expert] Delivery complete: More CRRC electrics for MŽ reach the Balkans
We’ve been expecting this for some time now. As reported at the end of December, the remaining...
[UK] Merseyrail no. 003 – including detrainment door
Below you see several images of Merseyrail’s future 777 003 – in total, 52 such EMUs are...
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