Wabtec delivers locomotives for brazilian Arauco Sucuriú project.
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Wabtec delivers locomotives for brazilian Arauco Sucuriú project. Published: March 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM The locomotives will operate on a dedicated freight corridor linking Arauco's pulp mill under construction in Inocência, Mato Grosso do Sul, to Brazil's national railway network. Wabtec Corporation has completed the first ES44 locomotives for Arauco Brasil's Sucuriú Project at its Contagem plant in Minas Gerais. The Sucuriú rail system is planned to include 26 ES44 locomotives and 721 wagons. Train formations are designed for loads of up to 9,600 tonnes, configured for heavy-haul pulp traffic from the mill to export routes. The ES44 is part of Wabtec's Evolution Series platform, widely deployed in heavy-haul operations across the Americas. In Brazil, the model is used in bulk commodity flows including iron ore, agricultural products and forestry products, reflecting axle load and traction requirements typical of long-distance freight corridors. Arauco is investing R$ 2.4bn (approximately EUR 440m) in the Sucuriú railway infrastructure. The private branch line will extend approximately 47 km, connecting the mill directly to Rumo's northern network and creating a logistics corridor to the Port of Santos for export shipments. The rail link is designed to reduce road transport by around 7,000 truck journeys per month and cut CO[2] emissions by up to 94% compared with road...
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