TheJT 42CW is a class of six axle Co'Co' diesel electric freight locomotives manufactured byAlstom'sMeinfesa plant in Valencia Spain in the late 1990s for use byIsrael Railways (IR).
The locomotives are of thePrima type, produced at Alstom's plant in Valencia, Spain in collaboration withGM-EMD; the locomotives use EMD traction equipment and an EMD 710 engine.[1][4] The units were ordered in 1996 and entered service in 1998.[3][4]
The locomotives were designed for freight work, but have also been used to haul passenger trains due to a shortage of locomotives.[5]
The locomotives were specified for work haulingphosphate trains from theDead Sea to Mediterranean ports, with loads of up to 3,000 t (6,613,868 lb) on slopes up to 1.5% to 2% (1:67 to 1:50 grades).[6]
^abcdהנחיות לתכנון מתקני עצירת רכבות(PDF),www.iroads.co.il (in Hebrew), רכבת ישראל בע״מ, נספח ב': סוגי רכבות נוסעים וקטרי, July 2009, archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2013-09-29, retrieved2012-03-16
