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    • Maritime Intermodal to lease Mossend Euroterminal

    Maritime Transport’s Intermodal business is to lease the Mossend Euroterminal rail freight terminal in Scotland from DB Cargo UK with effect from October 1.
    UK

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    IRJ In-Brief – Tenders: 24 trams for Wroclaw; 30 trains for Rome metro; up to 121 coaches for Rhäetian Railway

     International Rail News
    Poland: MPK Wroclaw is tendering for 24 new multi-unit, low-floor uni-directional trams.

    Progress update on steam locomotive 2874

     Railway Preservation
    The 2874 Trust has sent RailAdvent an update on work taking place at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

    CSX to STB on “an Efficient and Fluid” Intermodal Terminal Environment

     USA
    CSX President and CEO Jim Foote on Aug. 2 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to Class I railroad CEOs requesting information on the extent of congestion at key U.S. container terminals and on their railroads’ policies and practices for assessing container demurrage fees.

    Canadian railways boast record grain volumes in 2020-2021

     Canada
    Canadian Pacific and CN shattered records for hauling Canadian grain and grain products in the 2020-2021 crop year, which ran from Aug. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021.

    Autonomous rail freight transport at GoA4 to be tested in Finland

     Europe
    A Finnish project to develop autonomous industrial rail freight services using ATO over ETCS at GoA4 on short distances between factories or to ports is due to enter the development and verification phase following the allocation of funding.

    Savage Debuts Stockton, Calif., Railport

     USA
    Savage Railport-Stockton primarily handles U.S.-produced renewable fuels, and offers 20 transload spots. Served by OmniTRAX affiliate Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad, it connects with BNSF and Union Pacific.

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    Gronk & Growler Event returns to the Telford Steam Railway after £3000 raised by BLS11 hours ago in Railway Preservation

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    63% Recovery: Ryanair Clocks Impressive 9.3M Passengers In July11 hours ago in Airline News

    RENFE Mercancías orders Stadler locos to haul freight over the Pajares corridor11 hours ago in Europe

    New high-speed line opens in northeastern China11 hours ago in Asian Rail News

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