October 9, 2024. A number of ceremonies marking important industrial events took place today with the participation of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, via a conference call at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024.
Among them, the start of pilot tests of the TEM18-LNG shunting locomotive powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) stood out. Taking part in the event were Alexey Miller and Alexey Kakhidze, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom LNG Technologies.
TEM18-LNG was converted from a diesel locomotive and is designed for shunting works on railway tracks. As part of the conversion to NGV fuel, the locomotive was equipped with four gas-fueled reciprocating engines and a cryogenic fuel tank with a volume of 3 tons for storing LNG at a temperature of minus 162 degrees Celsius.
The conversion works were performed on the locomotive by Research and Design & Technological Institute of Rolling Stock (VNIKTI) at the request of Gazprom LNG Technologies.
As regards TEM18-LNG, this is already the second time when a locomotive powered by liquefied natural gas was created. Russia’s first LNG-powered shunter TEMG-1 had been manufactured at the request of Gazpromtrans.
