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Since December 2007, EuroRunners from Angel Trains took over passenger services in Southern Germany; From Munchen to Oberstdorf and Lindau, from Munchen to Regensburg, and from Furth-im-Wald to Hof.
Operator Arriva was awarded with this 10-year-contract for these relations back in 2005, made a deal with Angel Trains about the purchase of new locomotives, and is now operating twelve brand new diesel machines. They run on all lines mentioned, except for the Munchen-Regensburg relation, where Siemens ES 64 U4 locomotives (Arriva E183 series) are being used.
These twelve machines represent the first batch of Siemens locomotives, delivered to an independent leasing company.
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2010-01-05
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[EU] From Angel to Alpha
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update 2010|01|05
[EU] From Angel to Alpha
The parental company of Angel Trains Cargo, welknown on this site for its turqoise-silver lease locomotives, has changed its name. From now on we will have to refer to Alpha Trains. There is no information yet about the how and why, neither do we know what the consequences will be for Angel Trains Cargo. - KAR
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2008-06-30
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[EU] Angel Trains Cargo sold
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update 2008|06|30
[EU] Angel Trains Cargo sold
The news is already two weeks old, but still interesting. The Royal Bank of Scotland, urgently needing fresh capital, has sold Angel Trains Cargo, to a consortium of investors for £3.6 bn. This consortium includes the Babcock & Brown European Infrastructure Fund, Australian investment manager AMP Capital Investors, Deutsche Bank and pension funds advised by Access Capital Advisers. Note that Babcock & Brown is already active on the European leasing market for railway vehicles, as it also owns CB Rail. This company is a joint venture of B&B and the English HBOS. It is expected that the Angel Trains transaction will be completed by the end of 2008. - Railwaygazette
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2008-01-07
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[DE] delivery 223 series for Arriva completed
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[DE] delivery 223 series for Arriva completed
With 223 072 now all 12 EuroRunners for Arriva are being delivered. This last machine carries Regental Bahn logos in stead of Alex. The machines will be used for freight services but can help out with the Alex express every now and then.
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Brand name of these services is ‘Alex’, an abbreviation of Arriva-Länderbahn-Express. Arriva took over these services from Länderbahn/SBB GmbH, which exploited them since December 2003 under the name Allgau Express, also ‘Alex’ in short. They also used EuroRunner locomotives, hired from Siemens Dispolok.
 The new ‘Alex’ trains have become a popular subject for railway photographers, as passenger trains hauled by locomotives slowly turn into a curiosity, as the majority of the operators nowadays choose for train sets to exploit renewed services. The ‘Alex’ is also appreciated by the real railway travelling purists. Refurbished, but classic coaches are being used, with classic compartments in the first class, and even a fully fledged bar, nicknamed ‘alex-treff’, on board.
locomotive number 12: Regental Cargo 223 072
 From December 2007 until December 2009, unit no 223 072 was exploited by Regenbahn Cargo, a freight operator and also property of Arriva. During that period the locomotive had the same base livery as the 061-072, but with Regental logos on both sides. With the introduction of the new time table in December 2009, two more EuroRunners were needed for the Alex services; One unit was hired from MRCE Dispolok, the second vacancy was filled with the 072, since then running around with normal Alex logos.
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