Vossloh G6
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The Vossloh G6 is a C diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive, and the first locomotive of Vossloh's 5th generation programme. The G6 is the successor of the MaK/Vossloh G765, a 3rd generation MaK locomotive still offered in the 2000s.
BASF
leased 3 locomotives from October 2010 onwards to serve its extensive rail sidings at its Ludwigshafen plant.
In January 2011, the prototype locomotive was sold to Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz.
In February 2011, a second lease locomotive was sold to Zellstoff Stendal. It already was on hire by Zellstoff Stendal between August 2010 and February 2011. In June 2011, VPS ordered an additional 22 G6 locomotives with an option of 5 locomotives. VPS will thus have 40 G6 locomotives in service by 2016.
Operations
The prototype locomotive was shown on InnoTrans 2008. Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter was the launch customer and ordered 18 locomotives in April 2010. The first locomotive for VPS was exhibited at InnoTrans 2010, along with the other new members of the 5th generation family.BASF
BASF
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leased 3 locomotives from October 2010 onwards to serve its extensive rail sidings at its Ludwigshafen plant.
In January 2011, the prototype locomotive was sold to Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz.
In February 2011, a second lease locomotive was sold to Zellstoff Stendal. It already was on hire by Zellstoff Stendal between August 2010 and February 2011. In June 2011, VPS ordered an additional 22 G6 locomotives with an option of 5 locomotives. VPS will thus have 40 G6 locomotives in service by 2016.