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SBB CFF FFS Cargo has put in service before the 30 hybrid locomotives ordered to Stadler Rail
the store clerk has a total value of 88 million franchi Swiss
March 14, 2012
Last week railway society Helvetic SBB CFF FFS Cargo has christened and put in service before the 30 ordered hybrid locomotives Eem 923 to the Swiss Stadler Rail with a store clerk of the total value of 88 million franchi Swiss included a package of the spare parts.
The second locomotive diesel electrical worker/will be taken in delivery the next May and remaining the 28 vehicles will be supplied by Stadler Winterthur AG within the end of 2013 at intervals of three weeks.
SBB CFF FFS Cargo has emphasized as the new hybrid locomotives answer to the elevated ecological requirements of the company: thanks to the elevated performance of 1.500 kilowatts they are adapted is for the service on the line railroads is for the maneuvers. Moreover the society has evidenced that the new vehicles allow to increase the flexibility in the production: the machinists can quickly pass from the electric power supply to the auxiliary diesel engine and this characteristic allows to save time, as it will not be more necessary to replace the locomotive in order to journey, in the final phase, on the which did not electrify connecting lines. Moreover with the hybrid locomotive the operating costs and of maintenance regarding the old park are reduced considerably also maneuver vehicles.
SBB CFF FFS Cargo previews that the hybrid locomotive Eem 923 will operate to electric power supply for beyond 90% of its employment and the auxiliary diesel engine will enter in single function on the connecting lines without contact line. In this way the company will obtain a reduction of co2 pairs to beyond 4.000 tons per year.
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