Old locomotives belonging to the state railway company Operail are dismantled for scrap. With Russian transit gone, the company is making huge losses. The so-called American locomotives, produced in the 1980s and purchased in 2002, haven't operated in Estonia for a while, but were still used for spare parts.
"We took the remaining spare parts that could still be used on the locomotives, as spare parts for these older models are hard to come by, and organized a sale for the rest of it that ended up unloading pretty much everything," said Merle Kurvits, a member of Operail's board of directors.
Cronimet, which submitted the winning bid, won 32 diesel engines.
"We cut and sort them, separate the different metals and prepare them for sale. The first loads have been delivered and are on their way to the smelters," Eva Pedjak, member of the Cronimet board, said.
All the black metal goes to Turkey, the non-ferrous metal to various buyers in Europe or Asia.
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The so-called American locomotives, produced in the 1980s and purchased in 2002, haven't operated in Estonia for a while, but were still used for spare parts.
"We took the remaining spare parts that could still be used on the locomotives, as spare parts for these older models are hard to come by, and organized a sale for the rest of it that ended up unloading pretty much everything," said Merle Kurvits, a member of Operail's board of directors.
Cronimet, which submitted the winning bid, won 32 diesel engines.
"We cut and sort them, separate the different metals and prepare them for sale. The first loads have been delivered and are on their way to the smelters," Eva Pedjak, member of the Cronimet board, said.
All the black metal goes to Turkey, the non-ferrous metal to various buyers in Europe or Asia.