Power type Electric Build date 2013-2015 AAR wheel arr. B-B | Total produced 80 | |
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Builder Hyundai Rotem, TÜLOMSAŞ | ||
TCDD E68000 is a series of electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways. The locomotives have a power output of 5,000 kW and are capable of 140 km/h speed.
The first 8 locomotives were built by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea and the later 72 by TÜLOMSAŞ in Eskişehir, Turkey.
The order has a total cost of $330 million, with 220 million being provided by Islamic Development Bank. These locomotives have a quite simple and unusual livery for TCDD with two flashy yellow stripes on a gray background. The livery of the E68009 is also a bit different from the rest of the series with a big TCDD's corporate logo standing alone on each side.
References
TCDD E68000 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA