That is of course very useful; when you can use a new, yet certified locomotive for your rolling stock transport. Today, the white 383 050-2, soon to be delivered to Unipetrol Doprava, took locomotives, cars, and coaches to the VUZ Velim test center in the Czech Republic. Marcus Schrödter took pictures:
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Unipetrol decided to order three Vectron locomotives in April 2017. The delivery of the first machine is scheduled for next December. The remaining two will arrive in 2018.
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Also part of the transport are the new Akiem 186 352 and rolling stock for Israel. The silver locomotive is the designated 3001.
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Update 1: And what could that look like, a Vectron in the livery of Unipetrol Doprava? We projected the design of recently outshopped CZ Loko’s EffiLiner 1600 and made a Vectron version:
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Update 2 23.10.2017: Two images taken last Saturday at Krippen station, where CZ Logistics 741 516 picked up the convoy and took it further to VUZ Velim test tracks:
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