The Lithuanian Railways (LG) took delivery of 44 EuroRunner locomotives in two batches between 2007 and 2010, all powered by 2,000 kW 16V 4000 R41 power units manufactured by MTU. On average, the locomotives' engines have had more than 24,000 hours of service on the clock, so in July 2013 a joint project was started by LG, Siemens, Baltic Marine Group and MTU to overhaul them.
At Vilnius Depot, the engines are removed from the locos after which they are transported to the MTU Reman Technology Centre in Magdeburg, Germany. Here the engines are remanufactured to current standards, receiving various technological updates to make them up to date again. To make the locomotives available as quickly as possible, two earlier modernized "swing engines" have been made available at Vilnius Depot to get the locos out of the workshop and back in service as soon as possible.
A full report including images about the rejuvenation project can be found on MTU-report.com (link).
(MTU-report.com / Picture: Dirk Einsiedel)
