International Railroad Discussion > Wabtech of Brazil received an order from Australian CBH group.

Hi, from the News here:
"CBH Group, the largest grain cooperative in Australia and one of the largest in the world, has purchased 17 diesel-electric locomotives from Wabtec Corporation, which will be manufactured at the Contagem plant in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region (RMBH). CBH operates throughout the agribusiness value chain, from the fertilizer sector to grain storage, handling, transportation, marketing and processing.
The company has a robust logistics structure in Western Australia, the largest and richest Australian state, with a network of over 100 grain receiving points. The vehicles will operate on the cooperative's rail network, which transports grain from these receiving points to four ports, also owned by CBH. Approximately 90% of Western Australia's grain production is exported by the Australian company.
The agribusiness cooperative is controlled by approximately 3,500 grain producing companies in Western Australia and has total assets of approximately R$10 billion.

This is yet another negotiation by Wabtec to supply locomotives manufactured in Contagem to a global agribusiness giant. Earlier this year, Rumo Logística, part of the Cosan Group, and the Chinese multinational COFCO International announced the purchase of 23 rolling stock from the manufacturer."

I am wondering on the railroad gauge the CBH uses. Also, how it is the painting scheme of their locomotives.




 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

Most of Australia is standard gauge 4'8-1/2'. Some Cape Gauge 42". Would guess order is standard gauge.

I founf this in the internet. They looks narrow gauge

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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From CBH web page:

The CBH Group (CBH) has entered into an agreement with Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) to acquire 17 narrow-gauge locomotives, marking a significant investment in expanding the co-operative’s rail fleet as part of the ‘Path to 2033 Strategy’.

Wabtec, a leading global provider of equipment, systems and digital solutions for the freight and transit rail sectors, will build 17 CM20ACi dual-cab, diesel-electric locomotives for CBH.

The first tranche of five locomotives will arrive in Australia in the March quarter of 2026 and will be operational soon after. The following second tranche of 12 locomotives will be arriving in the June quarter of 2026.

CBH opened three competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process’ in the second half of 2022 for the purchase of standard-gauge locomotives, narrow-gauge locomotives and wagons, to expand and strengthen its current rail fleet, which consists of 25 locomotives and 572 wagons.

In December 2022, CBH entered into an agreement to purchase a further seven standard-gauge locomotives.

CBH Chief Executive Officer Ben Macnamara said the agreement with Wabtec will increase CBH’s narrow gauge locomotive fleet to 37.

“We are pleased to partner with Wabtec to acquire new narrow-gauge locomotives, a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of quality locomotives,” Mr Macnamara said.

“Our rail fleet is a key asset for the co-operative and expanding our existing train sets is a strategic priority that is critical for us to achieve CBH’s ‘Path to 2033’ strategy that aims to lift our monthly export capacity to 3 million tonnes by 2033 or sooner.

“Expanding our narrow-gauge locomotive fleet, in conjunction with the expansion of our standard-gauge locomotive fleet, is a significant step to enhance our outloading capability.

“By investing in our supply chain network, we are ensuring we can deliver tonnes to customers when needed and therefore return sustained value to Western Australian growers.”

Wabtec President of Freight Equipment Rogerio Mendonca said the company was excited to be selected for the expansion of CBH’s narrow-gauge locomotive fleet.

“The CM20ACi is a perfect addition to CBH’s growing fleet,” Mr Mendonca said.

“These locomotives will provide CBH with low operational costs, high availability and proven reliability needed to succeed in today’s competitive market.”

Wabtec Senior Regional Vice President, South East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand Wendy McMillan said the company is looking forward to supporting CBH’s service of Western Australia’s agriculture industry.

“These locomotives will enable CBH to increase grain shipments and drive CO2 emission reductions by moving more grain via rail,” Ms McMillan said.

CBH’s ‘Path to 2033’ Strategy is focused on incrementally increasing the co-operative’s monthly export capacity over three-time horizons to reach a peak of 3 million tonnes by 2033, or sooner. The delivery of the Strategy is aligned with the objective of being able to safely receive an average 22 million tonne crop by 2033 and outturn 70% of this in the first half of the shipping window.

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

pedrop Wrote:
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> I founf this in the internet. They looks narrow
> gauge

CBH 001-017  (001-011 are MPI MP27CN, 012-017 are MP33CN) are narrow gauge, while their 118-112 (MP33C) are standard gauge