CZ LOKO 741 711-6 is handed over to ArcelorMittal in Ostrava on January 28, 2016. Picture by CZ LOKO.

With the delivery of 741 730-6 in late October, CZ LOKO has completed the last Class 741.7 locomotive of a batch of 20 for ArcelorMittal Ostrava. In early 2015, the Czech rolling stock producer started the modernization of the first locomotives with the handover of the first machine on January 28, 2016.

Designated 741 711-730, the twenty are hired by the Czech steel manufacturer from CZ LOKO. The first ten locomotives were delivered in the well-known red and grey CZ LOKO colour scheme, the other locos in a livery that has seen the red replaced by ArcelorMittal orange.