Each of these locomotives has a value of one million euros, he said, and come from the factory of Liudinovo, located 400km from Moscow, in Kaluga; they are TGM 8 type and have a towing capacity of 1,600 tons and their average speed is 80km/h.
Cuba already has experience in working with equipment produced in this factory, which are also used in the sugar harvest, and are of the types TGM 8 and TGM 4, he said, adding that the former have been on the island for about twenty years.
UFC expert Jose Ledesma considers that the new locomotives differ from the previous ones due to their modernizations, their engine is more powerful, the equipment is hydraulic diesel, similar to the previous one, they have a new compressor and the transmission and command and control signaling systems have been improved.
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