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New railcar type for ÖBB Rail Cargo Group

GATX Europe's railcar selection menu has just got bigger with the latest addition of grain railcars, dubbed Tagnpps. GATX is introducing this new railcar type with a strong partnership as it welcomes the collaboration with ÖBB Rail Cargo Group, a valued customer across Europe.

In preparation to meet upcoming demands, more than 350 new grain railcars are being added to the fleet, with the first client handover taking place mid-January.

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Johannes Friess, Business Unit Manager at GATX Rail Europe said: “We’re starting the new year with a strong addition to our fleet, both in quality as well as in quantity. With this addition, our customers can transport grain, an essential food item, safely and sustainably year round.”

Reinhold Pölzl, Business Unit Manager at ÖBB Rail Cargo Group added, “We have been looking forward to GATX Rail Europe expanding its fleet to include grain railcars as the demand for the Tagnpps railcar type keeps growing across the continent. It is always our goal to anticipate and deliver customer demands, and in GATX Rail Europe, we have found a strong partner with very similar values.”

With an experience-based design paired with GATX’s eye-catching lime green paint and state-of-the-art telematics and sensor devices, the new railcar is a market standard for grain transport, says GATX. The new grain railcars in two different sizes to fulfill different delivery types. The Tagnpps grain railcars have two possible dimensions, 95 and 103 cubic metres, resulting in different car lengths and weight to best meet the customers’ specific loading, transport and unloading requirements.

Railcar enthusiasts will have the opportunity to explore the grain railcar’s specific attributes and features at the Munich 2023 Transport & Logistics fair in May.

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