Europe’s ageing diesel shunters: ticking time-bomb or chance of lifetime?
Our CEO, Luuk von Meijenfeldt, shares in RailFreight.com Magazine how Europe’s ageing fleet of centre-cab diesel locomotives is not a crisis, but a once-in-a-generation opportunity for transformation. He highlights battery and hybrid technologies as key to...
NEXRAIL orders 20 additional DE18 Smart Hybrid locomotives
Kiel, January 2026 – NEXRAIL and Vossloh Rolling Stock have signed an agreement for 20 additional DE18 Stage V SmartHybrid locomotives. Envisaged delivery is in 2027. The locomotives will be delivered with an upgraded homologation, including ETCS Level 2 (BL3.6)...
NEXRAIL selects Stadler’s EURO9000 Panto-Battery Hybrid Locomotives to move rail freight to zero-emission
NEXRAIL has placed an order with Stadler for the supply of up to 200 EURO9000 panto-battery hybrid locomotives. This EURO9000 combines up to 9MW of pantograph power with 1,2MW of high-performance battery power. It will be the first mainline corridor locomotive that...