New EMD Power for Mongolia - Railway Age
EMD® SD70Ace/LW Engineering, procurement and construction contractor Bodi International has entered into an agreement with Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, to purchase 16 EMD® SD70Ace/LW locomotives for Mongolia’s Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait Railway project. Construction on the 155-mile Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait Railway, which will be operated by Mongolian-government-owned Tavan Tolgoi Railway Co., is expected to finish in 2022. The new locomotives are designed for the 1,520 mm (4 feet, 9.84 inch) broad gauge right-of-way and will be powered by 16-cyclinder EMD ® 710 Series prime...
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