Azerbaijan will start receiving AZ8A freight locomotives developed by the Alstom French company at the EKZ (“Electrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty”) JV production site in Kazakhstan in December 2016, EKZ joint venture Director General Bernard Peille said, Trend agency informs. “The EKZ should release the first locomotive approximately in July 2016,” Peille said. “Testing will be carried out afterwards, and the first deliveries to Azerbaijan will begin in December. ” The contract on the supply of 50 freight locomotives for Azerbaijani Railways CJSC was signed in 2014 and a final agreement in May 2015. The AZ8A electric locomotives with asynchronous traction drive will be built specifically for Azerbaijan and will be one of the most powerful in the world. They are able to pull up to 9,000 metric tons at a speed of 120 km/h.
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