History and operators Eurorunner

a siemens eurorunner loco, fleet number 8002 operated mtr corporation of hong kong

kowloon-canton railway corporation of hong kong customer, ordering 5 locomotives in 2001 use hauling freight services on kowloon-canton railway. nord-ostsee-bahn operate er20s de 2000 . these original locomotives available in passenger version; equipment (such electric train heat etc.) required passenger operation carried under locomotives frame between bogies , necessitated reduction in size of fuel tank. alternatively, may said freight version has larger fuel tank.

locomotives based in germany have been called class 253 , code has been given vossloh g2000, , locomotives answer name class 223 ; in austria designation class 2016 since original austrian order Öbb had number, name hercules commonly used class since original austrian locomotive carried name.

in 2007 siemens announced variants available six-axle co co locomotive. first order type came lithuanian railways (lietuvos geležinkeliai or lg) 34 of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁄32 in) gauge freight-specific version; new variant given reporting name er 20 cf higher-powered versions offered, designated er30.

the passenger version labelled er 20 cu (u universal), , retrospectively two-axle variants have been relabelled er 20 bu or er 20 bf universal (passenger) , freight versions respectively. (originally bo bo freight version reported er 20 f)