Alstom KZ8A

Alstom KZ8A

Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Alstom Build date 2012 - Total produced 25

Specifications UIC class Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo Gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ^27⁄32 in) Length 35 m (114 ft 10 in) Loco weight 200 t (200 long tons; 220 short tons) Electric system(s) 25kV 50Hz AC

Performance figures Maximum speed 120 km/h (75 mph) Power output 8800 kW

Career Operators Qazaqstan Temir Zholy Disposition in production

The KZ8A is a broad gauge electric freight locomotive developed by Alstom for Qazaqstan Temir Zholy - national railway company of Kazakhstan.^[1] In October 2010, QTZ placed an order for 200 locomotives.^[2][3]

Initially, they will be built in Belfort, France; production later shifting to a new factory in Astana.^[4] The first KZ8A off the production line was unveiled on October 2012.^[5]

Specification

The locomotives will be among the most powerful in the world, capable of hauling 9000 tonne freight trains;^[6] they have also been designed to cope with extremes of temperature.

The locomotives will weight 200 tonnes, with 8.8MW power output and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.^[7]

References

1. "Alstom to supply 295 electric locomotives to Kazakhstan »Trans-Port". 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
2. "KTZ, Transmashholding, and Alstom Transport consortium signed a contract for electric locomotives supply to Kazakhstan — News — RZD-Partner Portal". Retrieved 2010-10-31.
3. "JSC "Locomotive" purchase from the Kazakh-French business 200 trucks and 95 passenger electric". ZAKON.KZ. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
4. "Kazakhstan signs locomotive joint venture - International Railway Journal". 2010-10-31. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
5. "Alstom unveils KZ8A freight locomotive - Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
6. "ALSTOM Transport - Kazakhstan entrusts the modernisation of its rail industry to KTZ and Alstom-Transmashholding". Retrieved 2010-10-31.
7. "Railway Gazette: Kazakhstan signs contract for 295 Alstom-TMH locomotives". Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-31.