Officially presented and delivered last month: the first EffiShunter 500 locomotive produced by CZ LOKO. Loco 723 701-9 was delivered by CZ LOKO to the Třinecké Železárny (TŽ) steel works and soon another locomotive will be outshopped by the Czech manufacturer. This second EffiShunter 500 has been ordered by Naftna Industrija Srbije a.d. from Novi Sad, Serbia and will be handed over in the first quarter of 2016.
Like many other CZ LOKO products, also the EffiShunter 500 uses the frame and bogies of an older locomotive type, which in this case was a ČKD-built Class 740 locomotive. The rest of the locomotive, which has a maximum speed of 80 km/h and which weighs 72 tonnes, is completely new. A Caterpillar C18 engine with an output of 522 kW powers the locomotive.
(CZ LOKO)
