The 2ES10 is a twin section (Bo'Bo)(Bo'Bo') freight locomotive manufactured from 2010 by

Ural Locomotives Ural Locomotives (russian: Уральские локомотивы) is a railway engineering company formed as a joint venture between Sinara Transport Machines and Siemens in 2010. The manufacturing facilities are based at the Ural Railway Engi ...

. RZD ordered 221 units in 2010. Ukrainian Railways ordered 50 units in 2013.

History and design

The 2ES10 is a two unit 8 axle electric freight locomotive manufactured for RZD by

, a joint venture between

Sinara Group Sinara Group is a Russian investment company founded in 2001 with holdings in the property development, rail transportation and financial services sectors. History The company was founded in 2001, and in 2004 acquired industrial and agricultural c ...

of Russia (base platform and auxiliary equipment) and

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

of Germany (traction electrical equipment). The 2ES10 offers double the power output of

VL11 The VL11 russian: ВЛ11 is an electric mainline DC freight and passenger locomotive, built in Georgia, used in Russia and Ukraine. The initials ''VL'' are those of Vladimir Lenin (ru: Владимир Ленин), after whom the class is named. ...

locomotives, with lower operating and maintenance costs. During trials in August 2010, a three-section 2ES10 hauled a train across the

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

. In May 2010, Russian Railways signed an order for 221 2ES10 locomotives. The first prototype locomotive was presented 18 November 2010. In 2012 the company JSC "Apatite" (ОАО "Апатит") acquired one locomotive, 2ES10-222. In 2013

Ukrainian Railways Ukrainian Railways ( uk, Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia, abbreviated as UZ) is a state-owned joint-stock company of rail transport in Ukraine, a monopoly that controls the vast majority of the railroad transportation in the country. ...

sign an agreement to lease 50 2ES10 units as part of a larger 350 locomotive order; the first unit was delivered in Dec. 2013.

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* {{Rolling stock of Russia Railway locomotives introduced in 2010 Electric locomotives of Russia Sinara Group 5 ft gauge locomotives