
No, it is not a new design, but yes, finally, we can see it ‘in the wild’ – this is the ELP > HSL Logistik 2019 308 ‘DesertRider’ during its Abnahmefahrt on 25.01.2024 by Andreas Kunert:

Because the Euro9000 recently was granted access to more countries, more operators now accept the machines in their fleet. ELP also decided to order extra locomotives.