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Softronic Transmontana

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Transmontana
Transmontana owned by LTE
Type and origin
DesignerSoftronic
Build date2010 –
Total produced66 (as of August 2022)
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICCo'Co'
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Length:
 • Over couplers20,7 m[1]
Axle load21.5 metric tonnes
Loco weight120 metric tonnes [1]
Electric system/s25 kV AC
15 kV AC
Performance figures
Maximum speed160 km/h
Power output:
 • Starting6600 kW
 • Continuous6000 kW [1]

Softronic Transmontana is a six-axle electric locomotive for freight trains, produced by the Romanian locomotive producer Softronic [ro].[2]

History

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The first machine of this type was delivered in 2010.[citation needed]

Users

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It is used for freight train operation by operators based in Austria, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia.

Company Country Fleet
CER Cargo Hungary 4
CFR Călători (Class 480) Romania 1
CFR Călători (Class 481 - modernised and rebuilt version of former 060-EA locomotives) Romania 19 contracted (1 in tests, 4 undergoing modernisation)
CTV Romania 2
DB Cargo Romania Romania 17
E-P Rail Romania 4
Green Cargo (Class Mb) Sweden 16
LTE Group Austria 5
MMV Hungary 3
Prvá Slovenská železničná Slovakia 1
Vest Trans Rail Romania 4
Transferoviar Grup Romania 2 (since autumn 2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Transmontana: Bi-System Electric Locomotive" (PDF). Softronic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Transmontana". Softronic. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2023.