Firm ships in six locomotives for use on the new railway

China’s CRRC Corporation has shipped six diesel locomotives to Kenya earmarked for cargo and passenger transport on the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway line.

Kenya Railways chief executive Athanas Maina confirmed that the company’s plant in Qishuyan has shipped in the locomotives which are part of the 56 ordered by the contractor, China Road and Bridge Construction (CRBS).