Review of the Estonian Railroad rolling stock and s olutions for locomotive modernization

This paper presents an overview on locomotive development and classification. Moreover, it gives an idea about the Estonian railway system and locomotives that are used. This paper also accentuates the disadvantages of locomotives that are used and gives a few solutions for locomotive modernization.

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