Two-Section Freight Electric Locomotive 2ES8 for Heavy Cargo Transport

Cargo two-section electric locomotive 2ES8 with asynchronous traction drive is designed for driving goods trains on the railways of 1520 mm gauge, electrified with direct current voltage of 3 kV.
Main advantages:
- Application of asynchronous traction drive of Russian production;
- Reduction of load on wheel pairs due to reduction of the bogie base;
- Application of double-sided gear transmission;
- Decrease in specific power consumption when using individual cooling fans for traction motors;
- Increase of overhaul intervals;
- Balancing of overhaul intervals in relation to the life cycle of the locomotive;
- On-line control of locomotive life cycle cost management;
- Failure prevention of technical facilities by expanding the functionality of direct and indirect diagnostics;
- Equipment reliability management by RAMS system.