State-owned freight logistics group Transnet announced on Monday that an in-principle agreement had been reached with Alstom in relation to a legal dispute arising from an electric locomotive contract concluded in 2015 with Bombardier Transportation, which was subsequently acquired by Alstom. Bombardier Transportation was awarded a contract to supply 240 electric locomotives as part of the larger procurement of 1 064 locomotives, involving 465 diesel and 599 electric locomotives.