Private Ukrainian companies already have a fleet of 2,500 of their own locomotives

Private Ukrainian companies already have a fleet of 2,500 of their own locomotives, writes Magistral, Ukrzaliznytsia’s in the house news site. About 1,500 of these are shunting locomotives, built for assembling freight trains in rail yards. About 1,000 are certified to make short runs on public tracks, typically to grain elevators. About one-third of UZ’s 3,566 locomotives are shunting locomotives. One-half of UZ’s locomotives, or 1,758, are long haul locomotives. The Center for Transportation Strategies estimates that half of the long haul locomotives are out of service, a figure disputed by UZ CEO Yevhen Kravtsov.