A large order of Plasser American maintenance-of way-equipment arrived in Canada on Nov. 6. Offloaded from a ship at the Port of Hamilton/Federal Marine Terminals Pier 14, the equipment was rigged up for transport on QTTX flatcars for delivery to Metrolinx facilities in the Greater Toronto/Hamilton area Nov. 8.
Equipment included three Plasser Unimat 4×4/4S universal tamping machines, and a pair of USP 2005 ballast regulators. The ship that unloaded the equipment was DSHIP CARRIERS Ronnie. Based on past ports of call, these units were constructed by Plasser India at its state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Vadodara.
While no details for this order were publicly released, the equipment has logos for Metrolinx, Aecon and FCC Canada (A division of FCC Construcción S.A), the partners in ONxpress Transportation Partners, a public-private partnership comprising Aecon Concessions and DB International Operations that was set to assume a 23-year operations and maintenance contract for GO Transit. The ONxpress contract was announced in January 2024, but cancelled in May 2025.
