Railway Gazette

UWC's TikhvinChemMash plant is supplying fertiliser producer PhosAgro's Apatit business with 87 Type 15-6900-01 chemical wagons with stainless steel tanks and sealing elements made from a friction and corrosion-resistant fluoropolymer material.

Sole bidder PK TS has won a 498m rouble contract to supply 15 fully low-floor unidirectional single-section Lionet trams to Ulan-Ude.

UniCredit Leasing has awarded UWC's TikhvinSpetsMash a contract to supply 50 timber wagons for use by Luzales. An initial 30 Type 13-6895 wagons are to be delivered by Q4 2019, with 20 Type 13-6852-02 cars to follow in the first half of 2020. They are designed to reduce the amount of unused space and protect the load from damage.

GATX Rail Vostok has taken delivery of 26 Type 15-6900-04 molasses wagons from UWC, which said they are the only 1 520 mm gauge design to offer a stainless steel tank and 25 tonne axleload.