Rolls-Royce has achieved a pioneering breakthrough for hybrid rail drive systems: Both Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the state railway of the Republic of Ireland, and Porterbrook, the UK’s largest rolling stock leasing company, have signed contracts with Rolls-Royce to supply MTU Hybrid PowerPacks. By doing, the companies have converted commitments made in September 2018 at Innotrans, the world’s largest railway trade fair, into firm orders. Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail has ordered nine MTU Hybrid P
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