[CZ] EffiShunters 1000 go mainline: Double-power on a sugar beet train

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The production of EffiShunters 1000 for ČD Cargo is ongoing, two locomotives out of totally five ordered are out. Not only have 744 110 and 744 111 been spotted on a train, but they have also been spotted together, hauling open-top wagons purposed for sugar beet in an ongoing harvest season, supplying the sugar mills in the south-east part of the Czech republic.

EffiShunters 744.110 and 741.111 of ČD Cargo with a sugar beet train at Hrušovany station (CZ). Photo: Pavel Polák

Being part of the ČD Cargo rolling stock renewal program, five of EffiShunters 1000 have an option for another 5 pieces in the contract, while the deliveries of Effiliners 1600 and EffiShunters 1000-M are ongoing at the same time.

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