{"id":503,"date":"2026-01-05T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcarail.be\/2026\/01\/05\/tca-rail-modernizes-and-expands-fleet-with-three-vectron-a54-locomotives\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:35:05","slug":"tca-rail-modernizes-and-expands-fleet-with-three-vectron-a54-locomotives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcarail.be\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/tca-rail-modernizes-and-expands-fleet-with-three-vectron-a54-locomotives\/","title":{"rendered":"TCA Rail modernizes and expands fleet with three Vectron A54 locomotives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" style=\"width:549px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcarail.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vectron-en-Traxx-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">TCA Rail, part of TCA Terminal Athus, has leased three Vectron A54 locomotives to replace the two Traxx locomotives it previously operated. The three electric locomotives are leased from Alpha Trains (2) and Railpool (1). The number of round trips between Terminal Athus and the Port of Antwerp will increase from eight to twelve per week.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a9 Flows<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flows.be\/spoorvervoer\/2026\/01\/tca-rail-vernieuwt-en-breidt-vloot-uit-met-drie-locs-vectron-a54\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;background-color:#b4d43c;text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TCA Rail, part of TCA Terminal Athus, has leased three Vectron A54 locomotives to replace the two Traxx locomotives it previously operated. The three electric locomotives are leased from Alpha Trains (2) and Railpool (1). 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