LATIN AMERICA ROLLING STOCK MARKET

INTRODUCTION

With the green transportation, the rolling stock sector is moving toward the adoption of hydrogen fuel cell locomotives, which will provide a cost-effective solution for trains and improve locomotive performance.

Furthermore, various advantages of EMU and electric steam engines, such as low maintenance costs, zero refuelling time, high efficiency, high starting engine power, and elevated load carrying capacity, are acting as a growth factor for electric powered rail networks all over the world, in combination with rising oil prices.

LATIN AMERICA ROLLING STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS

The region's rich history of guided transportation systems began with the development of the first railway network in the nineteenth century and spread in the early twentieth century with the introduction of metro systems in the region's fastest-growing towns.

Due to inadequate urban and land-use planning and a lack of regulatory mechanisms, the majority of the Latin American cities evaluated in this study have substantial structural difficulties and suffer from environmental contamination.

The political and economic vicissitudes of the period influenced decisions about the development of metro systems, which were rolled out in several cities during the 1970s and early 1980s.

The professionals who worked on the metro networks in Rio de Janeiro and So Paulo recount the race between the two cities to determine who would finish first, with some parts progressing more quickly than others.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Railway lines are used for a variety of reasons, including the transportation of commodities, animals, and, most notably, people. The rolling stock market is responsible for all of the world's railroad services.

The number of passengers going throughout the world is increasing as the country's population has grown, directly increasing market demand. Many reasons have led to the growth of the worldwide rolling stock business, including rising standards, demand for comfort, urbanisation, and time-saving transportation options, among others.

Hitachi is a leading mobiliser of the stock modules in the market. The latest integration has been the ETR1000 seems to be the premier high-speed train produced in Europe either by Hitachi Rail-Bombardier cooperation, with 60 percent and 40 percent firm engagement, accordingly, on behalf of the Italian State Railroad (Trenitalia).

This train is capable of reaching a top speed of 400 kilometres per hour. The ETR1000's thrust vectoring combined state-of-the-art energy-saving solutions offer unrivalled efficiency and productivity, earning it the title of Europe's quickest subway ever mass-produced.

GE  is part of the component manufacture trending companies in the current industry. The rolling stock technology has been focused through the GE Evos, as they're known, are designed to survive the Pilbara's scorching heat and dust in every crevice.

They are, however, crammed with automated creativity, requiring drivers and engineers to perform minimum physical labour. Locotrol technology has been a part of GE's locomotive lineup for more than 30 years, which is longer than Brymer has been in the rail industry.

The Loctorol XA (for eXtended Architecture) that Roy Hill's locos are equipped with is the most recent iteration.

COMPANIES PROFILED

• Alstom
• Bombardier
• CRRC Corporation Limited
• General Electric
• Hitachi Ltd.
• Siemens
• Stadler Rail AG
• The Greenbrier Companies Inc.
• TRANSMASHHOLDING
• TrinityRail
• Veoneer Inc
• ZF Friedrichshafen AG