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PKP CARGO INTERNATIONAL hires a Dragon 2 locomotive
PKP CARGO INTERNATIONAL hires a Dragon 2 locomotive

PKP CARGO INTERNATIONAL has started using one Dragon 2 (Type E6MST) locomotive. 

Dragons for Akiem
Dragons for Akiem

On 16 November 2023 Akiem signed a contract with Newag for delivery of 30 Dragon 2 electric locomotives, with an option for 50 more.

TRAKO 2023 (2)
TRAKO 2023 (2)

From 18 to 21 September, the 15th TRAKO trade fair took place in Gdańsk.

CZ LOKO
Class ET43 Dragons In Service
Class ET43 Dragons In Service

Dragon 2 Type E6MST locomotives, i.e. the Polish Class ET43, have been appearing occasionally on freight trains in Poland since the beginning of April.

Dual-Voltage Dragon 2 Received ERA Certification
Dual-Voltage Dragon 2 Received ERA Certification

On 28 February 2023, ERA granted approval for Type E6MST Dragon 2, i. e. Polish Class ET43 locomotive.

Testing Of Class ET43 Dragons Continues
Testing Of Class ET43 Dragons Continues

As part of the approval of the Class ET43 of PKP CARGO for operation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, test runs with the ET43-001 were carried out this April on the Správa železnic network.

Dragon Also Tested On The ŽSR Network
Dragon Also Tested On The ŽSR Network

As part of the approval of the PKP CARGO’s Class ET43 for operation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, test runs with ET43-001 were carried out this April on the Czech public network after previous tests on the VUZ Velim test centre (from late 2020). After that, Dragon returned to Velim again and then headed to Slovakia in early June.

Dragon 2 Tested On The Czech Public Network
Dragon 2 Tested On The Czech Public Network

Following a test program at the VUZ Velim centre (see here and here), the required tests on the public railway network were started with the locomotive ET43-001 (3 260 003).

Dragon At Velim
Dragon At Velim

Newag is currently building a batch of 24 dual-voltage Class ET43 locomotives for PKP Cargo.

Class ET43 Dragon On Test At Velim
Class ET43 Dragon On Test At Velim

On 30 November 2020, ET43-001, which is destined for PKP Cargo, arrived int the VUZ Velim test centre.

 

First Dragon 2 For Rail Capital Partners
First Dragon 2 For Rail Capital Partners

On 5 October 2020, at Newag in Nowy Sącz, E6ACTab-037, the first Dragon 2 from five on order was handed over to Rail Capital Partners (RCP).

First Dragon 2 For Laude Smart Intermodal
First Dragon 2 For Laude Smart Intermodal

Today, 12 months from the date of signing the contract, Laude Smart Intermodal received the first of four Dragon 2 locomotives ordered on 6 May 2019.

More Dragons For LOTOS Kolej
More Dragons For LOTOS Kolej

On 13 December 2019 Newag signed a contract for delivery of six Dragon 2 locomotives to LOTOS Kolej.

Griffins For PKP IC
Griffins For PKP IC

Since early September, EU160-002, one of the twenty Type E4DCU locomotives that PKP IC ordered from Newag in May 2018, has been tested on the...

More Locomotives From Newag For LOTOS
More Locomotives From Newag For LOTOS

On 28 February 2019 LOTOS Kolej ordered five electric locomotives from NEWAG. A contract worth over 80 million PLN includes two four-axle...