GE Transportation announced it made the first shipment of its diesel-electric Evolution Series ES43ACi locomotives to Pakistan Railways, from its manufacturing plant in Erie, Penn. The locomotives are expected to arrive in Pakistan in the first quarter 2017.
Pakistan Railways will be the first to operate GE’s Evolution Series locomotives in South Asia. The Evolution Series locomotive is equipped with a 12-cylinder diesel engine that produces the same 4,400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder predecessor. The GEVO 12 has a maximum speed of 75 mph/120 kph and maximum weight of 302,386 lbs/137.16 tonnes.
In June 2015, Pakistan Railways ordered 55 diesel-electric GE Evolution SeriesTM ES43 ACi locomotives.