Turkiye exports its first locomotive with a domestically produced engine to Tanzania

Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Monday, 3 August 2026, that the country's first domestically produced diesel electric shunting locomotive has been exported to Africa. He said the DE 10000 locomotive was manufactured at the Turkish railway producer Turasas and was shipped to Tanzania on 29 July 2026, bound for the port of Dar es Salaam.

The minister said the locomotive carries Turkiye's first homegrown diesel engine with more than 1,000 horsepower, developed jointly by Turasas and the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Institution.

According to Uraloglu, the engineering know how and design capability gained during the engine's development have raised Turkiye's technological competence in power systems, and the engine stands out as a strategic product meeting the needs of various sectors, particularly the railway industry.