Oct 16, 2024 · The American firm Progress Rail signed a contract to produce twenty-seven SD70ACS locomotives. These locomotives are supposed for the brand new Hafeet Rail, connecting the UAE and Oman. This was reported by the railway transport information portal Railway Provide.

Oct 16, 2024 · SD70ACS locomotives by Progress Rail are set to connect the UAE and Oman through the Hafeet Rail project, enhancing freight transport with powerful, desert-adapted engines.

Oct 11, 2024 · Hafeet Rail and Progress Rail signed a contract for the supply of heavy-haul locomotive fleet that will operate the future UAE-Oman rail network. The contract covers the delivery of 27 state-of-the-art EMD SD70ACS freight locomotives designed to withstand the region’s unique environmental conditions while adhering to the highest global ...

Based on the EMD® SD70ACe locomotive, with thousands operating in heavy-haul service across the globe, the EMD® SD70ACS model is specially designed for railroads operating in harsh climatic conditions and temperatures up to +50ºC.

Oct 11, 2024 · ASIA: UAE to Oman railway project promoter Hafeet Rail has awarded Progress Rail a contact to supply 27 EMD SD70ACS diesel locomotives. These will be designed to withstand the desert conditions, with advanced sand filtration systems as well as carbon emission reduction technologies.

Oct 14, 2024 · HAFEET Rail, the developer and future operator of the new railway between Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed a contract with Progress Rail for the supply of 27 EMD SD70ACS diesel freight locomotives.

Oct 15, 2024 · Progress Rail will deliver 27 EMD SD70ACS… The new locomotives are intended to ensure the safe and efficient movement of trains across the Oman-UAE railway network, contributing to the development of regional rail infrastructure.

Oct 15, 2024 · Progress Rail has signed a contract with Hafeet Rail for 27 EMD® SD70ACS freight locomotives, which will be used to connect Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new EMD units will work in concert with Etihad Rail’s current fleet of 38 locomotives.

Oct 8, 2024 · Progress Rail has signed a contract with Hafeet Rail for 27 EMD® SD70ACS freight locomotives, which will be used to connect Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE-Oman rail network is the first link in a unified transport and logistics chain that will span the GCC, delivering mutually beneficial socioeconomic and competitive advantages.

Apr 10, 2013 · UAE: The first two of seven SD70ACS locomotives which Electro-Motive Diesel is supplying for the initial phase of the national rail network have been unloaded at Mussafah Port in Abu Dhabi, Etihad Rail announced on April 10.