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How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (4)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (4)

In December 2014 a new factory for diesel engine manufacture was inaugurated in Kazakh capital - Astana Diesel Service (ADS).

How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (3)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (3)

Certification of the Class TE33A Evolution diesels in Russia was a prerequisite for the sale of this type to most countries with 1,520 mm gauge networks.

How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (2)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (2)

On 17 January 2018, during the then Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s visit to the USA, KTZ and GE Transportation signed a contract for 300 diesel shunters. Final assembly was announced to take place at the LKZ works.

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How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (1)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (1)

In our article about Prima locomotives we described problems at orders of electric locomotives from EKZ. But similar problems concern also KTZ orders of Tulpar Talgo and LKZ, both factories based in Nur-Sultan. Of the Evolution diesel locomotives, which are manufactured at the latter site, only part of the initially planned numbers were built so far.

Delays With KTZ Prima Locomotives
Delays With KTZ Prima Locomotives

In October 2010 KTZ, Alstom and TMH signed a contract for 295 25 kV 50 Hz electric locomotives to be delivered by 2020.

KZ4AT-0001 In Kazakhstan
  • 23rd Mar 2014 20:10
KZ4AT-0001 In Kazakhstan
At present KZ4AT-0001, the first of KTZ’s new generation electric locomotives, is being tested in Kazakhstan. This machine was built at the Alstom...
Class KZ8As Enter Test Commercial service
  • 20th Mar 2014 16:18
Class KZ8As Enter Test Commercial service
On 10 January 2014 KTZ put the first 12 Class KZ8A locomotives into test commercial service, hauling freights on the Ekibastuz - Tobol and...
First KZ4AT Passenger Locomotive
  • 9th Jan 2014 00:17
First KZ4AT Passenger Locomotive
KZ4AT-0001 built at Alstom Belfort plant for KTZ and shown here on 22 October 2013, left the works on the 25th of the month bound for east.
Kazak ED9E In Service
  • 2nd Sep 2013 21:31
Kazak ED9E In Service
On 12 August 2013 Demikhovsky mashinostroitelny zavod delivered a 10-car Class ED9E EMU to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, and on 29 August it entered...
A Busy Summer For Shcherbinka
  • 13th Aug 2013 08:57
A Busy Summer For Shcherbinka
In Mid-August VNIIZhT test centre was hosting a full consignment of new vehicles destined for the Russian network. Examples include the first 25 kV...
A KZ8A At Shcherbinka
  • 6th Jun 2013 10:28
A KZ8A At Shcherbinka
On 5 June 2013 KZ8A-0002 arrived at the Shcherbinka test circuit for dynamic testing, and is shown here that day being hauled by ChME3-6036.
Kazak Locomotive Visits Wien
  • 21st Mar 2013 18:56
Kazak Locomotive Visits Wien
In March 2013 KZ8A electric was sent for climatic testing to Rail Tec Arsenal. The photos, taken on 18 March, show it being transported by barge...
First KZ8A Outshopped
  • 2nd Oct 2012 21:24
First KZ8A Outshopped
On 2 October 2012 at Alstom’s Belfort works the first two-section Class KZ8A electric freight locomotive in the batch of 200 ordered by Kazakhstan...