Soviet ТЭМ7А locomotives in USA, Texas, Houston angielski
Pictures by Jessica Stacey
Those locomotives were produced by the Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant in 1990 and were purchased in 1992 by an American company for use in the Port of Houston, but the locomotives did not pass US certification. As a result, some of them returned to Russia, while others remained in the US.
The height of the cab was reduced to fit the dimensions of American railways, but all of its equipment remained unchanged to its (post-)Soviet counterparts. With the only difference being the addition of English-language inscriptions. Some of the locomotives that returned to Russia were purchased by private companies like Lukoil, GazpromTrans, Novatek, V-Sibpromtrans, and others. The “American” number range 1001-1011 corresponds to the “Russian” range 0210-0220.
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