Engine Information???

[toc36]

Trying to find info on the red engine.  The associated article was about an Israeli-Saudi rail line.

 

Thanks

[Lina_Blue]

According to some quick google searches. These are doubledecker trains based on the Bombardier Twindex platform. The red car is only a steering car with a diesel generator for HVAC.

[gavino200]

The company is Israel Railways.

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-karmiel-tel-aviv-train-line-to-open-with-access-for-israeli-arabs/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Railways

 

This is the wikipedia page about the Bombardier coaches. They look just like German Regio trains.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Double-deck_Coach

 

 

Edited June 24, 2018 by gavino200

[Socimi]

25 minutes ago, toc36 said:

Trying to find info on the red engine.  The associated article was about an Israeli-Saudi rail line.

 

 

It's a Bombardier-made unpowered cab car, based on the German DBpbzfa 766, but with part of the upper and bottom passenger compartments removed to make space for a powerful generator for the Air Condition units, as of today these double-decker coaches are Israel Railways' most used passenger coaches. They are usually Push/Pulled by either an Alstom Prima JT24BW (class 760) similar to the British class 67, or a Vossloh Euro 4000 (class 1400 -  the one in the picture).

 

Apparently it's a test run of a newly-built railway extension from Tel-Aviv to Karmiel in Galilee (wich has a large population of israeli arabs).