OREANDA-NEWS. November 2, 2007. In 2007, Transmashholding will ship 15 TEM18 diesel shunters manufactured by the Bryansk Engineering Plant to JSC Locomotive (The Republic of Kazakhstan).

In October 2007, the first three locomotives were delivered to Aktobe depot of the Kazakhstan railways.

The shipments are performed under the contract concluded by the BMZ and JSC Locomotive (The Republic of Kazakhstan) on October 1, 2007. JSC Locomotive is a subsidiary of the Kazakhstan Railways, a state Kazakh carrier.

To meet the customer requirements the TEM18 locomotives were fitted with wheel flange lubricators to reduce wear of tires and rails, electric brakes, a system for self-braking when uncoupled, and an automatic locomotive alarm system.