June 2010 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in June 2010.

Events

June 1
  • United StatesCaterpillar Inc., the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer, announces that it has agreed to buy Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) from Greenbriar and Berkshire for US$820 million. EMD will be merged into Caterpillar's Progress Rail Services division. In making the announcement, Doug Oberhelman, the incoming Caterpillar CEO called the purchase part of the company's "strategic plan to aggressively grow our presence in the global rail industry."[1][2]
June 6
Wikinews has related news: Eight injured after train derails in Argyll, Scotland
June 7
Wikinews has related news: Hong Kong's only railway company modifies regulations
  • Hong Kong – The MTR Corporation, the only railway company in Hong Kong since the rail merge in 2007, has loosened their rules. The new set of rules, which will be effective as of September 2010, allow 'non-disruptive' use of profanity in private conversations, and the punishment for inflammatory use of expletives is lowered from a fine of HK$5000 to HK$2000. The new set of rules have also excluded the regulation against wandering in MTR premises, as well as the rule against attempting to eat or drink.[5][6][7][8]
June 21
June 22

References

  1. Singh, Shruti Date (June 1, 2010). "Caterpillar to Pay $820 Million for Locomotive Maker (Update2)". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  2. Weitzman, Hal (June 2, 2010). "Caterpillar to buy rail group EMD". Financial Times. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  3. Dalton, Alastair. "Train driver tells of rocks on line before crash". The Scotsman. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  4. "Boulders 'caused Glasgow to Oban rail derailment'". BBC News Online. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  5. Ming Pao (June 5, 2010). "港鐵修例 粗口倘無滋擾不違規 禁展示宣傳 議員恐穿六四Tee被罰". Yahoo! (in Chinese).
  6. 議員轟港鐵修例欠清晰. Hong Kong Daily News (in Chinese). June 5, 2010.
  7. Commercial Radio Hong Kong (June 4, 2010). 立法會討論港鐵放寬罰則. Yahoo! (in Chinese).
  8. Ming Pao (June 4, 2010). 涂謹申關注港鐵附例禁止展示廣告. Yahoo! (in Chinese).
  9. "60 killed in Congo train crash". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  10. "Train crash in southern Congo 'kills 50'". BBC News Online. June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  11. "Bybanen åpnes". NRK (in Norwegian). June 22, 2010.
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