The locomotive workshop in Långsele, Sweden, is strategically located on the main rail line in northern Sweden and Railcare has 14 specially-adapted tracks here, where Railcare’s personnel carry out both light and heavy maintenance.
At the end of 2019 and in early 2020, Railcare began working on some interesting and rewarding projects. Among other things, Railcare has initiated an environmental adaptation by changing an engine for Railway Broker to meet current emissions requirements. In conjunction with the engine change, the machine’s lighting is also being upgraded and it is being equipped with rail carriers to make it even more useful.
“This machine is to be leased to Infranord and we view this as a reference project, hoping this will have a knock-on effect as Infranord faces a large number of engine changes over the next few years,” says Patrik Söderholm, Operations Manager at Railcare Lokverstad.
New class of locomotive in Sweden
Railcare Lokverkstad has also been entrusted by Nordic Re-Finance to install ATC2 on three large diesel locomotives purchased from DSB in Denmark. ATC2 is a safety system for railways and railway vehicles that monitors speed-limits and prevents them from being exceeded and stop signals being passed.
The project includes technical drawings, cable laying, connection, and commissioning, as well as administration of the approval process in contact with Trafikverket.
In addition to the above, all the locomotives are also to be painted and the driving environment will be upgraded to some extent. The Swedish designation for this class of locomotive is TME. This is a new class of locomotive in Sweden and corresponds to a TMZ locomotive in terms of size and traction.
