Everything is on the go for the Prima II, on both sides of
the Mediterranean !

On the test loop at Wildenrath (Germany), the prototype of
the Prima II locomotive has been undergoing an intensive
testing programme (traction, braking, acoustics, wheel-rail
contact and electromagnetic disturbances) for nearly six months
now, and it has already covered almost 15,000 kilometres. Upon
completion of this test campaign end February 2010, the Prima
II will undergo certification in Germany and France, followed
by Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland in 2011.

At the same time, on 27 November and 8 December 2009, on the
occasion of the inauguration of the modernised stations at Fes
and Meknes by King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan Railways (Office
National des Chemins de Fer marocains or ONCF) presented to the
press the first of the 20 Prima II electric locomotives ordered
from Alstom by the ONCF in October 2007. The ONCF Prima II will
run at a speed of 120 km/h on the entire Moroccan network for
freight operations, and at a speed of 160 km/h for passenger
transportation.

• Step on board the Prima II