NEW LOCOS ARRIVE IN MOROCCO
Posted on 05 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The first of a fleet of 20 Alstom 160km/h electric locomotives for Office National des Chemins de fer (ONCF – the national railway of Morocco) arrived recently in Casablanca. It was shipped from Antwerp in Belgium. The Prima II Bo-Bo mixed traffic locomotive, the second of the class to be built, will undergo a period of testing across ONCF’s electrified network before entering service in 2010. The first locomotive of the order is currently undergoing trials at Siemens Wildenrath test centre in Germany.
The remaining Prima IIs will be delivered between October 2009 and March 2010. ONCF became the launch customer for the Prima II when it placed a €75 million order for a 5MW, 3kV DC version of the design in November 2007. The locomotives are being assembled at Alstom’s Belfort plant in eastern France.
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