Due to the commissioning of ETCS on Czech railway lines, many operators that run trains in the Czech Republic have decided to buy locos that are either prepared for ETCS installation or that have ETCS already installed. The same applies to DB Cargo Czechia, which took delivery of an EffiShunter 1000 locomotive from CZ Loko. The loco carries service number 744 191-8 and was presented to the public at the Rail Business Days in Ostrava.

CZ LOKO has completed the second EffiShunter 1000 locomotive for Subterra in the form of loco 744 152-0. The loco carries the same bright yellow guise as sister locomotive 744 150-4.

CZ LOKO has completed two EffiShunter 1600 locomotives for BTS - Bulk Transshipment Slovakia. Upon completion, both locos were equipped with standard gauge (1435 mm) bogies and numbered 774 723-1 and 774 724-9 respectively. After delivery to Slovakia, the locos got their broad gauge (1520 mm) bogies and were renumbered into 774 823-9 and 824-7.

WLE 22 heads an intermodal train for Warsteiner at Belecke on 21 March 2025. Picture: Carsten Klatt.

One of the two WLE EuroRunner locomotives has changed its appearance recently. The well-known orange livery has been replaced by a black base livery combined with small white WLE logos, big Warsteiner logos and filled Warsteiner beer glasses.

CZ Loko has outshopped another EffiShunter 1000M locomotive. The loco, numbered 742 793-3 has been delivered to CZ LOKO subsidiary CZ Logistics.

Besides a new EffiShunter 1000 loco for Italian operator ERMES Rail, numbered 744 182-7, two 741.7 locos were sent to Italy by CZ LOKO in early-November. Italian company Scala Virgilio & Figli had placed an order for them in late-2023. The two locos in question are 741 768-6 and 741 769-4, which had previously been leased out to Liberty Ostrava a.s. as 741 713 and 712 respectively until the company's bankruptcy.