Recent deals and tenders in the locomotive market.
Russia and Mongolia — Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ) has delivered 24 diesel locomotives to customers in both countries. The plant completed handover of 10 two-section mainline 2TE25KM units to BaltTransService and also supplied 12 TEM18DM shunters to Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port. Two more TEM18DM units going to Ulaanbaatar Railway.
Mainline locomotive from the fleet of ENR, to be refurbished. Source: PrikarpatskiyPartizan/Trainspo
Egypt — National operator ENR has contracted Canadian firm Advanced Power Dynamics a $296 mln contract to overhaul, modernise and service 180 mainline diesel locomotives. The scope includes AA22T and DE2550 models, built under EMD (now Progress Rail) licence in Germany during the 1970s–1990s. IRJ reports the programme will cover 55 operational and 125 stored units. Notably, these locomotives are slated for heavy overhaul not for the first time — ENR signed similar deals in 2021 and 2023 with Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Locomotive Repair Plant and Czech Škoda Group, though no implementation details emerged. Separately, Progress Rail secured a contract in April 2025 to upgrade 100 Egyptian units of the same model.
Rendering of an electric locomotive from Pesa for Orlen. Source: Pesa
Poland — Oil refiner Orlen has ordered 40 electric locomotives from Pesa and Newag in a deal worth over PLN 800 mln (€190 mln). Pesa will supply 20 four-axle Gama 3.0 platform (304E series) units, while Newag provides 20 six-axle Dragon 2 (E6ACTadnb) locomotives. Both are 3 kV DC single-voltage with last-mile diesel modules, acquired via PKO Leasing. Entry into service is planned for 2027–2028.
Gmeinder shunters. Source: Zargo
Germany — Gmeinder has handed over two shunting diesel locomotives to mining company K+S for the Werra potash mine in western Thuringia, with four more planned in coming years. Each three-axle unit features a 708 kW diesel with hydro-mechanical transmission and 218 kN tractive effort. Gmeinder is also supplying more powerful four-axle variants to Austria.
