Russia: The diesel locomotive is currently undergoing trials and is planned to be certified in June. TEM23 is the first in the new TMH locomotives platform, which will also include alternative traction solutions.
23 February 2022
Russia: The diesel locomotive is currently undergoing trials and is planned to be certified in June. TEM23 is the first in the new TMH locomotives platform, which will also include alternative traction solutions.
Russia: In 2019 and 2021, Russian Railways purchased a total of 9 TEM31M shunter from LocoTech. In turn, another producer, STM, has recently received about 20 requests from industrial rail companies for TGMK2 shunter.
Russia: The offer price turned out to be 40 mln RUR ($0,52 mln USD) higher than the maximum set by the operator and so the application of Progress Rail was not allowed for evaluation, and the tender was declared invalid.
Russia: Sinara Group plans to introduce the first DC electric locomotive of the new series in February, and to test and certify it during 2022.
Australia: In early 2022, Wabtec and Progress Rail (part of Caterpillar) announced orders for battery-powered locomotives from several Australian mining companies.
Poland: The state-owned passenger operator has updated its long-term development plan, presented last January, with a 37% increase in plans to invest in rolling stock and build a depot.
Russia: Also at the end of 2021, the locomotive produced by the Lyudinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant got the EAEU certificate. Gazpromtrans will carry out pilot industrial operation of TEMG1 on its railway line in Orenburg region.
Russia: Proposals that will pass the competitive selection will be considered by the company for trial operation with the prospect of purchase.
In 1957, the Soviet Union ordered a series of 50 electric locomotives from the Alstom plant in France. This demand surfaced the necessity to master AC traction.