PKP Cargo obtains modernized ST48 locomotives for PLN 140 mln

PKP Cargo has received 30 ST48 diesel locomotives, modernized at the cost of PLN 140 million by Newag. Besides ST48 series locomotives, PKP Cargo has 76 SM48 locomotives and intends to continue upgrading this series of vehicles in the future. These vehicles can run on standard gauge lines. A modern combustion engine, with nearly double the power (up from 882 kW to 1,550 kW) is used in the modernised locomotives. PKP Cargo is Poland's largest, and Europe's second largest railway freight transport operator, with PLN 5 billion in revenue, transporting 114 million tonnes of goods per year.