753 608-9 in its new guise. Picture by Budamar Logistics

Railfreight operator Budamar Logistics has added Class 753.6 locomotive 753 608-9 to its fleet. The loco is leased from RS Lease and has been restyled into a special Budamar livery, designed and hand-applied by spray artist Denis Valašek from ARTWALL. The locomotive features a panorama of the High and Low Tatras.

Previously, the loco was operated by PSZ and featured the company's well-known green and yellow livery as can be seen in the picture below.

753 608-9 at the CZ LOKO works in Ceska Trebova on 16 February 2018. Picture by Dalibor Palko.

DB Cargo UK 66107 has just passed Burton upon Trent on 2 August 2024. Picture: Henk Zwoferink.

DB Cargo UK is heading for a new future. Media reports mention that the British railfreight operator has been put up for sale. DB Cargo has indicated that it will focus more on its Central-European operations.

Siemens EuroRunner locomotive 2016 910 has found a new owner. Stern & Hafferl has sold the locomotive to fellow Austrian operator Cargo Service (CargoServ). The loco now sports the well-known livery of its new owner: link.

Earlier in June, two further EffiShunter 1000 locomotives for Trainpoint Norway were outshopped by CZ LOKO and sent on their way towards Scandinavia. It concerns locos: 744 198-3 and 744 199-1.

Impression by CZ LOKO.

At the Rail Business Days 2026 trade fair in Ostrava, CZ LOKO revealed impressions of a DualShunter 2000 loco in EVM Rail livery. The Czech manufacturer has now made public that the Italian operator has ordered two of the type. EVM Rail already owns two CZ LOKO EffiShunter 1000 locomotives: 92 83 2744 017-0 I-EVM (ex-744 131-4) and 92 83 2744 026-1 I-EVM (ex-744 142-1)

66014 was the first of the batch of 25 to turn blue earlier in 2026. Picture: DB Cargo UK.

The former DB Cargo UK 66014 has been transported to Romania as the first of 25 locomotives that have been sold to GFR. A picture of the loco on transport through France on 23 May 2026 can be found here: link.

In October 2021, New Zealand's KiwiRail and Stadler signed a framework agreement for DM Class diesel locomotives under which 57 locomotives were fixed. In 2024, a follow-up order was placed for an additional 9 locos with ETCS. Additionally, 10 locos of the first order would get ETCS installed creating a batch of 19 locomotives to be used on the North Island. 47 of the type are now destined for use on the South Island. The locos are a very customer-specific design based on the SALi platform but also incorporate proven subsystems from, for example, the EURO 4000.

Since October 2024, 7 locomotives have arrived in New Zealand for use on the South Island. All first going through a period of extensive testing before final commissioning. It concerns:

October 2024
DM8012
DM8029

November 2025
DM8035
DM8064

June 2026
DM8058
DM8070
DM8087