Alstom KZ8A

Alstom KZ8A
Type and origin
Power type Electric
Builder Alstom
Build date 2012-present
Total produced 25
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UIC Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
Length 35 m (114 ft 10 in)
Loco weight 200 t (200 long tons; 220 short tons)
Electric system/s 25kV 50Hz AC
Performance figures
Maximum speed 120 km/h (75 mph)
Power output 8,800 kilowatts (11,800 hp)
Career
Operators Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Disposition In production, In service

The KZ8A is a broad gauge electric freight locomotive developed by Alstom for Kazakhstan Temir Zholy - national railway company of Kazakhstan.[1] In October 2010, KTZ placed an order for 200 locomotives.[2][3]

Initially, they will be built in Belfort, France; production later shifting to a new factory in Astana.[4] The first KZ8A off the production line was unveiled on October 2012.[5]

Specification

The locomotives will be among the most powerful in the world, capable of hauling 9000 tonne freight trains;[6] they have also been designed to cope with extremes of temperature.

The locomotives will weight 200 tonnes, with 8.8MW power output and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Alstom to supply 295 electric locomotives to Kazakhstan »Trans-Port". 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ↑ "KTZ, Transmashholding, and Alstom Transport consortium signed a contract for electric locomotives supply to Kazakhstan — News — RZD-Partner Portal". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "JSC "Locomotive" purchase from the Kazakh-French business 200 trucks and 95 passenger electric". ZAKON.KZ. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. ↑ "Kazakhstan signs locomotive joint venture - International Railway Journal". 2010-10-31. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Alstom unveils KZ8A freight locomotive - Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "ALSTOM Transport - Kazakhstan entrusts the modernisation of its rail industry to KTZ and Alstom-Transmashholding". Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  7. ↑ "Railway Gazette: Kazakhstan signs contract for 295 Alstom-TMH locomotives". Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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