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Timken Wins New Rail Customer in Norway

August 28, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire
CANTON, Ohio –The Timken Company recently supplied Norwegian mining company Rana Gruber AS with cartridge bearings that significantly increased the load capacity of freight cars transporting iron ore. Rana Gruber is Timken’s first rail customer in Norway, where extensive upgrading of rail freight operations is expected within the coming years. Rana Gruber’s goal was to modernize its fleet and increase load capacity. This involved installing new axles and wheels, and Timken proposed a solution that included Timken® AP-2 Class K cartridge bearings set in adapters that permit simpler assembly and easier maintenance. The adapter solution is common in North American
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CSC Signs Multi-Year IT Outsourcing Contract With Network Rail in United Kingdom

August 14, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Computer Sciences Corporation announced that it has signed an information technology (IT) services contract with Network Rail, owner and operator of the UK’s railway infrastructure. The agreement, which has a five-year base period and one three-year option, coincides with a significant infrastructure investment by Network Rail essential to providing the UK with a safe, reliable and efficient railway. Under the terms of the contract, CSC will provide midrange services and Oracle ERP support. The midrange work includes server maintenance and management, data center hosting, security, disaster recovery planning and storage area network management. Approximately 70 members
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Wabtec Unit Signs $40 Million Contract to Maintain Locomotives for HSBC Rail

August 14, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire
WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Rail, a UK-based unit of Wabtec Corporation, has signed a $40 million, five-year contract to maintain 31 high-speed locomotives for HSBC Rail, a leading lessor of rail equipment in the UK. The Class 91 electric locomotives run on the UK’s East Coast Main Line at speeds of up to 125 mph. Wabtec Rail will be responsible for all maintenance and running repairs, and for improving equipment reliability. “For Wabtec, this contract is another example of the expansion of our aftermarket business globally,” said Albert J. Neupaver, Wabtec’s president and chief executive officer. “In addition, the project
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Rotterdam Decides to Extend its Citadis Fleet with 53 More Tramway Train Sets from Alstom

July 20, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — RET, the public transport operator of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has selected Paris-based Alstom to supply 53 Citadis tramway train sets that will replace the current, 25-year-old fleet. The order is worth over $138 million. The contract is slated to be signed in October 2007, and delivery is scheduled for mid-2009 and will proceed at a rate of four train sets per month. The tramways will be manufactured at Alstom’s facility in La Rochelle, France. In 2000, Rotterdam was one of the first Citadis customers, ordering 60 tramway train sets for its “Tram-plus” network. The last tramway
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Bombardier Transportation Signs $549 Million US Contract With Spanish National Railways

January 3, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire
BERLIN – Bombardier Transportation signed a contract with Spanish National Railways (RENFE) for the supply of 100 TRAXX F140 DC locomotives for freight transportation. The total contract is valued at about $549 million US (416 million euros) and also includes a 14-year maintenance service agreement for this fleet of locomotives. Delivery of the first freight locomotives is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2008 and continue until 2010. Bombardier Transportation was selected to supply the new freight locomotives for RENFE on Nov. 7. Under the contract, a portion of the vehicles will be manufactured by Bombardier at RENFE’s
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24 Dead After Mexican Train Wreck

December 29, 2006 Railfanning.org News Wire
MEXICO CITY – Nearly two dozen people were killed when a freight train crashed into a bus in a suburb of the Mexican capital city. More than a dozen other people were injured in the wreck at a grade crossing in Cuautitlan, located north of Mexico City. The exact cause of the wreck remained under investigation. There was some indication the driver of the bus tried to beat the train, The Associated Press reported. According to another account, the bus stalled on the grade crossing and in the path on an on-coming train. At the time of the crash, the