With the two diesel-electric DE 12 and DE 18, all the members of Vossloh’s family of green locomotives are now homologated and approved for operation in Germany. A major milestone for the Kiel-based company.
Germany’s federal railway authority (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt, EBA) has now given its approval also for the four-axle diesel-electric DE 12 and DE 18 to be operated in Germany. The commissioning approvals coupled with the o.k. to start up series production for the two remaining members of Vossloh’s modular locomotive family have now been finalized. Since the end of 2013, the two diesel-hydraulic sister models G 12 and G 18 have likewise been given the corresponding approvals.
Additionally, the DE 12 and DE 18 are fully certified to TSI Loc&Pas—animportant step in the European approval processes and procedures. Thanks to these approvals, the series-production o.k. can now be issued for a maximum possible period of seven years. This means that, to begin with until September 2021, Vossloh will be able to build locomotives of this family for their operators and without any need for further approval procedures.
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