The first Russian serial hybrid electric locomotive EMKA2 was manufactured in Novocherkassk at the Transmashholding plant. It is equipped with an on-board energy storage device that will allow a train weighing up to two tons to travel a distance of up to 14 kilometers. Without a "trailer", such an electric locomotive is capable of overcoming the 100 kilometer mark.
EMKA2 can also operate from a contact network and recharge through it. Another charging method is through a standard pantograph on the roof or from an external charging device.
The electric locomotive is equipped with a three-phase electric motor DTA-125. It has a squirrel-cage rotor, independent ventilation and axle-support suspension. The engine tests were held on October 18 last year. Previously, similar motors for electric locomotives were not produced in Russia.
Earlier www1.ru wrote that Transmashholding is developing a sample train on hydrogen fuel. The composition tests will be carried out in the Sakhalin region no earlier than 2025.