Subproject 3 - Heavy Haul

Aim of the subproject
An application on a heavy haul locomotive is really significant because dealing with high power engines (>1.800kW) whose railway market is limited in volumes since the demand is for approximately 100 engines per year. The costs related to development and operation of a large engine will be a critical factor to be experimentally evaluated thanks to this operational Sub Project. Main issues will refer to maintaining the weight per axle under the infrastructure limits, reliability and durability of after-treatment, extra installation costs, performance changes, operation and maintenance costs changes related to engine and vehicle modifications to comply with IIIB requirements for a vehicle of this size. The concerned vehicle is the Vossloh EURO4000 dieselelectric locomotive equipped with a diesel engine in the size of 3.000kW. Another particular interest of this sup-project is that it deals with the move to IIIB on an already IIIA compliant locomotive.

Subproject partners

Caterpillar University of Valencia
Continental Rail VOSSLOH


Deliverable list
For the technical deliverables published by the sub project please click here



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