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Agreement between Russian Railways, Transmashholding and Caterpillar in order to realize fed locomotori of maneuver to gas
the phase of planning, construction and experimentation of means pilot will be capacity to term within the end of 2013
June 6, 2012
The railway company Russian Russian Railways, the Transmashholding compatriot, society of engineering specialized in the field of the transports, and American Caterpillar, company that produce equipments for the mining industry and of the motor constructions let alone, turbines and locomotives, have signed a collaboration agreement in order to produce endowed locomotori of maneuver of engines fed with natural gas that will have a power of 1.000 kW.
Primary objective of the understanding is to start the construction in Russia of locomotives from maneuver fed to gas. One previews that the planning of new means will be based on that of the locomotive from maneuver TEM18DM of Transmashholding and the employed propeller will be a gas turbine of 1.000 kW of Caterpillar. .
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