The first private locomotives will haul freight trains on Ukrzaliznytsia tracks in a pilot project this fall. The state railroad selected Ukrainian Locomotive Company, a private company run by Volodomyr Krot, an UZ alumnus. Reflecting big interest in private freight trains, 10 companies applied to be chosen for the pilot project. To minimize chances of accidents, the private trains will not run on main lines used by express passenger trains. Krot has 14 2M62 diesel locomotives, models built Luganskteplovoz until Russia’s occupied the plant in 2014. If the pilot project goes well, Krot tells the Center for Transportation Strategies, his company could buy “up to 50 electric locomotives.”
The first private locomotives will haul freight trains on Ukrzaliznytsia tracks in a pilot project this fall.
