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[locomotive] DB Cargo no longer gets state aid to survive – drastic reform planned – locomotives sold?

Simon Wijnakker — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:55:55 +0000

The European Commission has approved Germany’s €1.9 billion state aid to DB Cargo. This decision is tied to a plan to restructure the company without further government support to improve its financial stability by the end of 2026.

[EU] News in Brief: Locomotives – End of 2022

Simon Wijnakker — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:07:38 +0000

We continuously update you on the major events in the European locomotive market. Yet there are always items slipping through.

[EU] News in Brief: locomotives – summer 2022

Simon Wijnakker — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:04:38 +0000

Every month, we will update you on the major events in the European locomotive market. The main focus lies on the delivery of new machines, but other remarkable facts will be shared too.

[EU / Expert] News in brief: Locomotives

Simon Wijnakker — Sat, 28 May 2022 14:14:58 +0000

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We publish a lot of news about Europe’s most modern locomotives – yet there is always (minor) events that you miss.

[EU / Expert] News in brief: Locomotives

Konstantin Planinski — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:01:35 +0000

Akiem: At the end of February, Akiem 185 580 was seen in silver following a revision carried out the same month – this means that it is no longer light grey (like 185 578, 579).

[EU / Expert] News in brief: Locomotives

Lubomir Cech — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 14:35:48 +0000

Akiem: New TRAXX DC3s are being outshopped for use in Poland; the latest numbers are 5170 163/164/165/166 aka 594 013/014/015/016.

[EU / Expert] News in brief: Locomotives

Lubomir Cech — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:52:51 +0000

Let’s start fresh. The first locomotive update for 2022:

Akiem > DB Cargo Deutschland: Not yet confirmed, but 187 500/503/506/507 were seen together in a transport to Neuss, implicating their time at DB Cargo has ended after three months.

[EU / Expert] News in Brief: Locomotives

Lubomir Cech — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:29:32 +0000

The latest news about locomotives that have not been published so far:

Akiem: TRAXX locomotives 186 237 and 238 stopped pulling passenger trains in the Netherlands for NS – they will return to the lease company;
Akiem > Crossrail: 186 150 lost its Crossrail logos;
Alpha Trains / Captrain Espana: One Stadler Rail Euro6000 locomotive was spotted on a transfer train to Morrot for further tests on 06.11.2021;
CargoUnit: 5370 048 for CargoUnit, its newest Vectron, is named “Tomasz“.

[EU / Expert] News in Brief: Locomotives

Lubomir Cech — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:32:36 +0000

The latest developments in Europe regarding locomotives – 19 news that has not been published so far:

Akiem: Meanwhile, more BB 36000s start a new career in central Europe, with a new ID.

[EU / Expert] News in Brief: Locomotives

Lubomir Cech — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:33:55 +0000

The latest developments in Europe regarding locomotives – x news that have not been published so far:

Akiem > EP Cargo: 594 003 is in service, with (yellow) Lokotrain and EP Cargo logos;
Akiem: 594 002 has entered service with JSW Logistics;
Akiem 185 581 is seen active with DB Systemtechnik trains, it even got a small DB logo on its noses;
Alpha Trains > VPS: 185 516 and 530 now have new stickers, promoting Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter’s (VPS) jobs;
Alpha Trains 186 207 got small DB stickers on its noses;
Alstom: subtle name change, TRAXX MS3 is now TRAXX 3 MS
Alstom: TRAXX 3 MS test in the Netherlands, yes it turned quiet.