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The locomotive, which is for the Ukraine General Elestric in his factory in Pennsylvania (USA), will be called Trident
The decision on the name of the locomotives was taken during the visit of Ukrzaliznytsya delegation to the GE plant in the city of Ery, Pennsylvania,
"General Elestric's locomotive building in Ukraine at its plant in Pennsylvania, USA, will be called Trident." Thirty of these locomotives will be supplied to Ukrzaliznytsia this year, "says the report.
As noted by the game Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsya Yevgeniy Kravtsov, at the factory in Yerevan, including the Ukrainians, descendants of the first Ukrainian immigrants who moved to Pennsylvania in the 1950s after World War 2. It is known that Ukrainian settlers in Pennsylvania called their cells Trident or Tryzubivka, which quickly became centers of community life of Ukrainians in
In general, Kravtsov noted, the trident is an ancient Ukrainian symbol.Its first image, discovered by archaeologists, dates back to the tenth century. "It is believed that it was a magic sign like, a guard, so it was decided to give this name exactly to the new locomotives .. In addition, there is a certain symbolism that on February 25, 2018, it was celebrated 100 years. The contract and the framework agreement with General Elestric was signed on February 23, 2018 ", – noted the head of the Ukrzaliznytsya
According to him, during his visit to the United States, the Ukrzaliznytsya experts realized that the construction of locomotives for Ukraine is carried out with the highest quality standards.In addition, the US manufacturer has received assurance that the entire first batch of 30 TE33AC locomotives GE would be delivered to Ukraine this year, although it was previously planned to provide such supplies between 2018 and 2019.
Kravtsov added that in addition to the setting in As regards GE locomotives, the company actively negotiates with other global manufacturers of traction rolling stock.It includes Alstom, Bombardier, CRRC, Siemens.
In February 2018, Ukrzaliznytsya PJSC and General Electric signed a framework agreement for a 15-year partnership in the modernization and modernization of rolling stock. At the end of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, it is planned to supply 30 GE TE33AC diesel locomotives with a locational level of 10%.
The TE33AS diesel locomotives manufactured for PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsya", adapted to the climatic conditions of 1520, are ecological, reliable, economic service and comfortable for locomotive brigades. Compared to 2T10 and 2T116 diesel locomotives, harmful emissions are reduced by more than 40%. It is a new generation of diesel locomotives equipped with asynchronous traction motors with a power of 3356 kW. The speed of construction is 120 km / h. Diesel locomotives are equipped with modern road safety and radio communication systems, automatic fire detection and fire extinguishing. They have high tensile properties thanks to the integrated microprocessor control system and diagnostics with electronic injection. The diagnostic system is able to detect faults in the early stages and transmit data to the driver and the service group.
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