First KZ8A Outshopped

On 2 October 2012 at Alstom’s Belfort works the first two-section Class KZ8A electric freight locomotive in the batch of 200 ordered by Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (together with the 95 KZ4A passenger locomotives) was presented to invited guests. The first ten pre-series machines are to be built at Belfort, and the remainder will be built at the new Alstom factory in Astana, scheduled for inauguration on 12 December 2012.