Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Building Plant (NEVZ, part of Transmashholding JSC) transferred two 3ES5K electric locomotives with axial thrust control to Uzbekiston Temir Yollari.

The contract for the supply of three-section "Yermakov" to Uzbekistan was signed in mid-2018.

The main advantages of a 3ES5K electric locomotive with axial thrust control are the ability to work in areas with difficult terrain (which distinguish the railways of Uzbekistan), an increase in the weight rate of freight trains and, consequently, an increase in locomotive productivity.

The system of independent excitation of traction engines in the thrust mode, implemented in the speed range of 0-50 km / h, provides resistance to blocking. Such locomotives are widely used on the network of Russian railways, primarily for driving heavy trains in Siberia and the Far East. As of November 21, 2018, NEVZ produced 897 electric locomotives 3ES5K.

Currently, the fleet of freight electric locomotives of the Uzbekistan railway also operates the VL60K and VL80S locomotives, produced at the NEVZ in the 80s of the XX century.

In the post-Soviet years, the products of the Novocherkassk enterprise have not been supplied to Uzbekistan. In 2007 - 2012 Transmashholding built 10 passenger diesel locomotives TEP70BS for Uzbekistan at Kolomensk plant.

UzDaily.com