Freight locomotive leaves Munich-Allach for Australia

Pacific National, the largest private railway company in Australia, will soon be able to take delivery of the first of 23 Class 7100 electric freight locomotives. The locomotive rolled out of the Munich-Allach plant on February 16 and is due to arrive in Brisbane, Australia, at the beginning of April. It will then continue on its journey to the coal mines in Queensland. The other 22 locomotives will be delivered over the next 14 months. They are currently being built in the Siemens plant in Munich-Allach, Germany.
Weighing 132 metric tons, the Class 7100 electric freight locomotive is a six-axle vehicle with a power rating of 4,000 kW and a maximum speed of 80 km/h. It will be operating on the narrow Australian track gauge of 1,067 millimeters. Pacific National wants to use the powerful locomotive for coal transport in Queensland. Its efficient traction and regenerative brake systems ensure lower energy consumption and a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions.
In addition to the contract signed with Pacific National in 2007, Siemens has already delivered a number of Class 3700/3800 freight locomotives to Queensland Rail (QR), another Australian railway company that is also deploying the vehicles on the coal range of Queensland.
 

Source: Transportweekly