Kazakhstan freight locomotive sent for export to Ashgabat

The locomotive will be used in the opening ceremony of the new road Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran. In total, ‘Turkmen Railway' plans to purchase 18 units of diesel locomotives. "The plant for the production of domestic diesel locomotives, opened with the participation of Head of State in July 2009, has already released more than 280 locomotives. This technique has proven itself not only in Kazakhstan, but also showed impressive results during the operation on railroads of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and during various tests in Russia and Estonia," the statement reads. In addition, the plant plans to produce passenger locomotives TEP33A. Technical design specification was developed and approved by Kazakh specialists and leading engineers of the world-famous "General Electric".