In September SŽ – VIT has rolled out the first Siemens-built Vectron locomotive to be overhauled in-house, returning the unit to Beacon Rail. The Ljubljana Maintenance Section, in charge of electric locomotive maintenance, carried out the full overhaul of the 191-023 entirely on their own, marking a major achievement and an important new business opportunity.

Beacon Rail is a returning client, who has been using our services since 2024. Before Beacon Rail, we delivered overhauls of electric locomotives to MRCE, who got us started in this type of maintenance on the international market. Overall we have been providing electric locomotive maintenance for 10 years, having started with the F4 unit and their bogie overhauls in 2019, and now expanding to Vectron locomotives and bogies. As we have plenty of previous experience with Siemens Taurus (Series 541), which predate the Vectron units, and have also completed a number of I3 and lower inspections on Vectron, expanding to overhauls went without major hurdles.

To qualify for this level of maintenance, our team completed a hands-on training in brake overhaul provided by Knorr, and we also purchased in a measuring arm for bogie measurements.

A total of two Vecron overhauls are planned for this year, with a further six slated for 2027. We are also working to expand the range of services for Vectron down the line with wheel replacements.

We are happy to have added another service in electric locomotive maintenance to our portfolio and feel proud of all our dedicated and skilful team members, who make such projects possible.