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67 years old and still going strong

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©  Jan 21, 2018


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67 years old and still going strong



67 years old, and he is not a museum technique?
It's in posession of Faritrains, a company that keeps older locomotives in a good state to be used in commercial service. The heaviest it carries is 16 cars, it is not being used for heavy freight trains. By the way, it's only 66 years old, 1952 😉
@ddz7504 In Russia in the Urals at one metallurgical plant there is electric locomotives, its peers. They also began the 50's. This is VL22M. Used as shunting locomotives.
And even recently, steam locomotives are being actively restored in Moscow... Also periodically in Moscow you can see how a steam locomotive is carrying a freight train (also limited in weight) and in St. Petersburg steam locomotives are also working with freight trains, but they carry a normal weight there.
The locomotives are old, 30's, 40's. Some even veterans of the Second World War. And they are forced to work. 😆
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