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Increasing the sustainability of track maintenance is a major priority for rail contractors. Electric locomotives are the clean default solution on electrified railway tracks. However, when electric power is not available, diesel locomotives are currently the only alternative – even though they cause pollution.
Strukton’s hybrid locomotive is a standard electric locomotive that has an extra battery pack. This enables the locomotive to run at line speed when powered by catenary and switch over to battery power for ‘last mile’ routes, at lower speeds. The battery is automatically charged when the locomotive is on electrified tracks.
The development of the hybrid locomotive is in full swing. Technically, everything works. The hybrid locomotive is currently in the approval phase.
The hybrid locomotive is a sustainable solution that offers:
The hybrid technology can be applied to any existing electric locomotive, which reduces the total cost of switching to emission-free track maintenance.
Strukton Rail will be the first to use the hybrid locomotive as soon as it has been allowed on the track.
To the Strukton Rail website