en.Wedoany.com Reported - Railmark Holdings Inc. announced yesterday that it has acquired Katahdin Railcar Services LLC (KRS) in Derby, Maine. KRS is a railcar and tank car repair company certified by the American Association of Railroads under M-1002 and M-1003. This acquisition expands Railmark's operations to 13 locations, including three short-line railroads, covering 11 states. KRS's facility in Maine features the only robotic tank car cleaning system in North America and has historically served the New England region. Railmark plans to extend this business to more U.S. markets and, together with its Canadian subsidiary Railmark Canada Ltd., expand KRS's mobile repair services to New Brunswick and Quebec.
Alstom today began delivering the first Urbanliner tram to Germany's largest public transport company, BVG, and the vehicle has entered passenger service. The Urbanliner, measuring 50 meters in length, is longer than the GT6 trams previously used in Berlin and will initially operate on one of the city's busiest lines, the M4 route. BVG has ordered a total of 65 Urbanliner trams from Alstom, with the manufacturer expecting to deliver approximately 14 more by the end of 2026 and complete the entire order by 2030. Berlin's Senator for Transport, Mobility, Climate Protection, and Environment, Ute Bonde, stated that the Urbanliner can accommodate over 300 passengers and represents a mobility solution oriented toward people's needs.
Forte Construction Corp., in collaboration with lead designer AECOM and MTA Construction & Development, has completed the passenger platform reconstruction at MTA Long Island Rail Road's Babylon Station. As part of a multi-phase modernization project spanning over two years at the station, Forte Construction Corp. and its partners rebuilt the 12-car platform, which was over 60 years old. The work was completed two weeks ahead of schedule while maintaining uninterrupted service during construction. Ongoing upgrades to elevators, escalators, communications and security systems, accessibility features, and buildings will continue through the end of the year.
Renegade Parts Washers this year celebrates 30 years of manufacturing industrial parts cleaning equipment for railway maintenance operations, transit systems, fleet workshops, repair shops, refurbishers, and manufacturers. Based in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the company was founded by David Barney in 1996 and designs and manufactures manual parts washers, automatic top-loading and front-loading systems, as well as custom I-Series cleaning systems. As a division of Service Line Inc., Renegade supports daily production, maintenance, and repair work across the industrial sector.
Turntide Technologies has received an order from Hitachi Rail to supply modular battery systems for the first battery-powered trains in the UK, built for Arriva Group's Grand Central fleet. The collaboration, first announced on July 2, 2025, includes a research and development component and has now entered production. The battery system can be used to support new battery trains or to retrofit over 600 engines in Hitachi Rail's existing UK fleet, aiming to reduce operating costs, extend range, and advance progress toward zero-emission mobility.
