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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KZ8A-0002: motowoz· CC0
- 2. Боралдай, CKD6e-2057 и KZ8A-0059 на станции: Nikolai Bulykin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. KZ8A-0016, Казахстан, Южно-Казахстанская область, станция Арысь-I (Trainpix 212697): Semen1966· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. KZ8A-0025, Kazakhstan, Karaganda region, Karaganda depot (Trainpix 118977): motowoz· CC0
- 5. KZ8A-0044, Узбекистан, Ташкент, станция Ташкент-Товарный (Trainpix 212695): Semen1966· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. KZ8A-0044, Узбекистан, Ташкент, станция Ташкент-Товарный (Trainpix 212696): Semen1966· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. KZ8A-0001 with freight train: motowoz· CC0
- 8. KZ8A-0001, Казахстан, Карагандинская область, станция Жана Караганды (Trainpix 211837): motowoz· CC0
- 9. KZ8A-0002, Kazakhstan, Karaganda region, Karaganda-Sorting station (Trainpix 121165): motowoz· CC0
- 10. KZ8A-0002, Казахстан, Карагандинская область, перегон Жана Караганды - Майкудук (Trainpix 216652): motowoz· CC0
what is it?
The KZ8A is a broad gauge electric freight locomotive developed by Alstom for Kazakhstan Temir Zholy – national railway company of Kazakhstan. In October 2010, KTZ placed an order for 200 locomotives. The first were built in Belfort, France; production later shifting to a new factory in Astana.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 8.8 MW is about 104 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 33 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 35 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 8.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- length
- 35 m
- weight
- 200 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4735849, Wikipedia: Alstom KZ8A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.