Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract to provide a combination of 18 Bombardier TRAXX Multi-System (MS) and Bombardier TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotives for locomotive leasing company Railpool (Munich).
Eight of the new locomotives will be of the MS type and operate on the new, extended Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy-Netherlands-Belgium corridor. Another five MS type locomotives will operate on the Germany-Austria-Belgium-Netherlands corridor. The remaining five TRAXX AC Last Mile type locomotives will be for use in Sweden and Norway.
The contract marks the successful entry of the TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive into the Scandinavian rail market. The TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive is an electric locomotive that features a support diesel engine and battery. Bombardier’s Last Mile feature enables the TRAXX locomotive to bridge the non-electrified track sections, effectively eliminating the need for support diesel shunting locomotives.
The delivery of the first TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive to Railpool for use in Scandinavia is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016. With this new order, Railpool’s locomotive fleet totals 183 vehicles, 169 of which are TRAXX locomotives.
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