EMD locos ordered for Tunisian phosphate trains

The contract was signed on December 5 by SNCFT Chairman & CEO Sabiha Derbal and Progress Rail’s Regional Director of International Sales for North Africa & Middle East Ramzi Imad.

TUNISIA: National railway SNCFT has awarded Progress Rail Services a 165m dinar contract to supply 20 Electro-Motive Diesel GT42AC diesel locomotives which will primarily be used to haul phosphate trains in the hot, dry and sandy environment.

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