OREANDA-NEWS. July 15, 2010. As part of Freight One’s program to upgrade its rolling stock, the company has signed two new contracts for the delivery of gondolas-with Vagonmash LLC and Barnaul Car Repair Plant OJSC. Freight One is acquiring 300 type 12—132 cars from Vagonmash LLC. The first deliveries are expected in July. Barnaul Car Repair Plant OJSC is manufacturing 200 model 12—9780 gondolas for Freight One. According to the delivery schedule, Freight One should get the new cars before the end of October 2010.

Updating its freight car fleet is one of Freight One’s strategic objectives. In 2009, the company acquired about 8,000 units of rolling stock from Russian car makers. In 2010 Freight One plans to spend its own money on no less than 15,000 cars of various types. Given the current shortage of gondolas on the Russian railways network, purchasing precisely this kind of rolling stock is a priority for the company. Earlier this year, Freight One signed two major contracts with Uralvagonzavod OJSC and Promtractor Wagon CJSC on the purchase of gondolas. However, as of July 10, the deliveries under both contracts were behind schedule. To maintain the company’s investment program, Freight One has decided to place new orders with Russian railcar plants that have spare capacity by the end of 2010.