August 31 (SeeNews) - Croatian rolling stock manufacturer TZV Gredelj said on Thursday it has delivered after an upgrade the first out of 18 locomotives that it will modernise in partnership with Czech railway vehicle repairer CZ Loko for the Slovak state-owned freight carrier ZSSK Cargo.
Gredelj, in cooperation with CZ Loko, has signed a deal to upgrade 18 locomotives of the older 742 series into modern EffiShunter 1000M locomotives for ZSSK Cargo with a total value of some 20 million euro ($22 million), Gredelj said in a press release.
The deal includes an option to upgrade 20 more locomotives.
Gredelj is part of the Slovak manufacturer of freight railcars and bogies Tatravagonka Group.
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