The next three years will see an influx of new long-haul passenger locomotives enter service in South Africa after the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) unveiled Africa’s first... 

JSE-listed Grindrod’s rail division on Tuesday vowed to make rail operations more cost-effective in Africa, as Grindrod Locomotives unveiled its new, cost-effective fit-for-purpose shunting and... 

State-owned freight and logistics group Transnet Engineering (TE) says its membership and association with nonprofit technical organisation the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), has... 

Final designs to expand capacity of the coal line to 81-million tons are nearing completion and several work packages are under way. 

A breakthrough that gives stored hydrogen diesel-like characteristics for safe and efficient long-term energy storage is rekindling excitement that the introduction of new clean energy from... 

Rail technology manufacturer Bombardier Transportation South Africa (BTSA) is in the process of negotiating and signing supplier subcontracts for the supply of 240 electric locomotives at a base... 

Platinum mining major Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) No 16, 17 and 20 Shaft development projects, in the North West, have all been negatively impacted on by the protracted strike in the platinum... 

Freight and logistics services provider Grindrod Freight Services partnered with infrastructure investment company Pembani-Remgro-Infrastructure Fund to form Mauritius-based rolling stock leasing... 

Electrical parameters measurement solutions company LEM launched the new LTC series closed-loop transducers, which control energy in rail transportation systems, in South Africa in January this... 

Locomotives manufacturer General Electric (GE) South Africa Technologies reports that it is engaged in the initial design reviews for the 233 Evolution series diesel locomotives it will be... 

Powertech, a 100% owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron group, comprising Altron TMT (amalgamation of Altech and Bytes) and Altron Power (Powertech), over the years, adjusted and reviewed... 

Johannesburg-based locomotive solutions provider DCD Rolling Stock believes it has unlimited growth potential owing to its patented Jika passive hydraulic steering (PHS) system for bogies, which is... 

Powertech Transformers, a subsidiary of Powertech and the JSE listed Altron Group, is pleased to announce that its Pretoria Factory Test Department recently received SANAS accreditation conforming... 

A unique combination of mothballed technology and new infrastructure saw a steam locomotive dating back to the 1930s deliver 40 massive 18-m-long pipes to points along the 7 km Western Aqueduct... 

State rail company Transnet has strongly criticised the alleged insufficient accommodation of small emerging coal miners at South Africa's large private-sector-owned Richards Bay Coal Terminal... 

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. The Johannesburg International Motor Show, in conjunction with the Truck and Bus Show, is being held at Nasrec from October 16... 

Grindrod Limited, the JSE listed freight logistics company, is pleased to announce that the Competition Commission last week approved the transaction to acquire the majority shareholding in RACEC... 

Gauteng-based DCD Rolling Stock launched its patented Jika passive hydraulic steering (PHS) system for locomotives, earlier this month at the TransAfrica expo, in Johannesburg.  

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has rejected the DA's call for the auditor general to investigate a R3.5-billion locomotive deal, and said it was outsourced because Transnet would... 

Work on the Western Aqueduct, Durban’s biggest ever bulk water pipeline project, is gathering momentum – with the help of a grand old steam locomotive dating back to the 1930’s. Over the past... 

Powertech Transformers, a subsidiary of Powertech and the JSE listed Altron Group, announced a collaborative research and development project with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the... 

Powertech Transformers, a subsidiary of Powertech and the JSE listed Altron Group, announced a collaborative research and development project with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the... 

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