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  • New GE and EMD locos for FCAB in Chile

    New GE and EMD locos for FCAB in Chile

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    CHILEAN mining railway Ferrocarril de Antofagasta (FCAB) has received the first of five new General Electric (GE) C23 EMP locos, having already taken delivery of seven brand new ‘EMD’ GT42 locos (numbered 3201 -3207) built by Progress Rail in Muncie, Indiana.     The ‘GE’ locos, ordered before GE sold its Transportation business to Wabtec,…

  • Five locos add even more power to Turkish open   access operator fleet

    Five locos add even more power to Turkish open access operator fleet

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    TURKISH open access freight operator Körfez Ulaştırma (KU) took delivery of five DE36500 Wabtec (formerly GE Transportation) ‘Powerhaul’ locos this summer. KU is the rail freight subsidiary of Tüpraş, Turkey’s largest oil refinery. The locos were ordered in 2018 and assembled by Wabtec’s Turkish partner Tülomsaş, in Eskişehir.  They will be used alongside five similar DE36000…

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