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In the last month of 2025, CTV 2016 750-3 could be seen running for Czech operator Metrans Rail in Germany covering 'Elbtal Umleiter' duties. Normally, the loco operates in Romania only, so the short trip abroad was a remarkable sight.

Another EffiShunter 1000 locomotive was delivered by CZ LOKO to a Czech customer. In fact, it is a quite special customer this time, namely the army of the Czech Republic. Loco 744 210-6 was completed by the manufacturer's Jihlava works in December 2025.

Trainpoint Norway owns five EffiShunter 1000 locomotives, which are all on hire to Railcare: 744 144-7, 157-9, 158-7, 159-5 and 160-3. Now, an order four another 5 locomotives has been made public, with deliveries already underway. Locos 744 193-4 and 194-2 have already been seen.

Another two DM Class locos have arrived in New Zealand. Locos DM8035 and DM8064 were unloaded in the port of Lyttelton over the weekend, bringing the number of locos to four. Stadler is currently building a total of 66 locos for KiwiRail of New Zealand.

Hupac Intermodal has placed an order for two EffiShunter 1000 locomotives with CZ LOKO. Delivery of the locos is planned for the first half of 2026. The locos are planned to be used at the Hupac terminal in Busto Arsizio.

CZ LOKO has announced another order for its EffiShunter 1000 type. This time it is Elektrizace Praha a.s. that ordered it. In fact, it has ordered as much as seven locomotives, which are destined to haul engineering trains in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. All locos will be delivered with ETCS on board.