The increased demand for haulage of heavier and heavier trains emerging has
resulted in the development of the most powerful locomotive ever constructed in
Romania, the 5100kW , Co-Co electric locomotive.
This locomotive is being manufactured at license ASEA Swedish, and until now more
than 1050 electric locomotives have been delivered in Romania and abroad.
In cooperation with Electroputere Research Institute, Railways and Urban Vehicles
Division has manufactured the urban multiple unit of RES 1870kW type and in
1994 there was built the prototype of a similar but more performant vehicle
RES 2720kW.
Beginning with 1993 the locomotive division has been engaged in performing
overhaul repairings and modernisations of metro electric units, for Metrorex-Bucharest,
tramways and trolleybuses.