Remember RailOne? This Italian freight operator was acquired by CFI in 2015. RailOne operated three 474 series locomotives, in a remarkable yellow and purple livery. These are now in the fleet of CFI, and the first one just got a make-over. The video shows some first footage of CFI 474 102 in the known grey and red CFI design with the logos in the Italian tricolore. (EB / LP)

EuroSprinter for sale! (black vs. white)
For anyone still interested: Siemens still has three 189 series locomotives for sale: E 189 845, 822 and 823. All three were present during the day, parked next to a black one: ES 64 F4-995.

PCW Thunderbirds are go!

In Wegberg, Siemens has several locomotives used for shunting. The have PCW numbers. PCW 6 is a red Vossloh G800BB, PCW 7 is the EuroRunner and the EuroSprinter godfather is now PCW 8. The question however still remains, will PCW 8 ever run again? For two years now, the machine is parked in Wegberg, have some sort of damage... PCW 7 presented itself in two different sizes. However, the model was a silver scale locomotive, with small inkjet-printed paper logos and graphics.

Everybody Vectron!

A long waiting queue was there all day. Everybody wanted to climb into Vectron 193 922, parked outside. We did not go in, but made some nice close-ups of the exterior and some impressions. Again a tip for everyone looking for works numbers (193 924 = SMP 21697) of Siemens locomotives: go to cab no.1, check the frame right above the right buffer. Good luck!

Hide and seek
Some locomotives did not like all the attention. One had to know what to look for to find them. All in the back of the halls we could see 193 901 (the only Vectron now with the old, Belgian front bow) and Rail One's 474 102. Hidden in the bush outside, two Traxx locomotives were spotted; 186 121 (edit) in Fyra-colors and IGT 246 011 still celebrating German's 150th railways anniversary. Behind ES 64 F4-453 we could identify ES 64 F4-409 and Nordcargo 474 201. - DvdR

SNCB 19 vs Vectron and the auto-coupler
Around fifteen HLE 19 series locomotives were seen in Wegberg. The 1909, 1906 and 1913 were in front of the public. We took the opportunity to make some good close-ups of 1906 and its Schwab-coupler system, that what makes the HLE19 different from its normal HLE18 sisters. Also note the special steel, futuristic construction behind it.

And in the mean while in Mönchengladbach...
And in the mean while in Mönchengladbach... ES 64 F4-406 with CFI-logos is ready to go back to Italy. - TW MRCE ES64F4 RailOne ES64F4 Siemens ER20-2007 Siemens Vectron locos used for test and promotion SNCB HLE 18-19 Stock locomotives type ES 64 F4 the EuroSprinter

Only a few days before the open-door-day in Wegberg-Wildenrath, several interesting locomotives leave the German test center. ER 20-004 picked up RAIL ONE 474 101, RAIL ONE 474 103 and RTC ES 64 F4-001. The latter one got ETCS equipment in Wegberg. - WS

We have just added some images of both units, parked at Mannheim Hauptbahnhof on 21.06.2012.

RailOne ES64F4 RTC ES 64 F4

We can let you see that all three RAIL ONE 474 series locomotives have been restyled in the mean time. And a graphic has been made. - WT/WS/MS RailOne ES64F4

Most likely you know the story about the three E474s once running for Del Fungo Giera / IFI. They were numbered Re474 101, 102 and 103. However, after the IFI quit its rail services, the locomotives were put aside. Since 2008 they are unemployed.

Then Italian rail operator RAIL ONE has purchased these engines and in 2011 they were transported to Siemens' test center in Wegberg-Wildenrath (seen on 14.07.2011 with Railadventure 421 383), to be equipped with ETCS. Appearantly they also get a new livery in Germany. - WS RailOne ES64F4