UKRAINIAN locomotive builder GP NPK Electro-vozostroeniya has placed a €120m order with Siemens for traction equipment to be installed in 100 DS3 electric locomotives being built for Ukrainian Railways at Dnepropetrovsk.
Developed jointly by the two companies, the DS3 is a mixed traffic design able to accept power at 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50Hz. The traction package includes three-phase asynchronous motors, and Siemens will supply compact IGBT traction converters, auxiliary converters and locomotive control systems; Siemens Ukraine will be responsible for assembly and commissioning.
Rated at 4800 kW, the 90 tonne locomotives will have a maximum speed of 160 km/h. A prototype (above) has already been tested. n
