International joint venture refurbishes first loco

By 2002-03-01T11:00:00

RUSSIAN locomotive refubishment joint venture KRP Invest has completed the overhaul and upgrading of the first of 800 electric locos for Russian Railways, under a US$1bn contract signed in December 2000 (RG 2.01 p85). The Yaroslavl-based firm is scheduled to refurbish 100 locos this year.

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