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The company TÜLOMSAS (Türkiye Lokomotif ve Motor Sanayii A.Ş. ) is a Turkish engineering company based in Eskişehir. The main production area is the production of rail vehicles for the Turkish State Railways, which is also the parent company.

History

The construction of the Anatolian Railway Eskişehir received a first railway connection, the later followed by other routes in 1892. Here built the Anatolian Railway Company in 1894, a workshop for the maintenance of the vehicles used. After the liberation of the British occupation by the Kuvayı Milliye in the Turkish War of Liberation the work Eskişehir cerium Atölyesi called (Lokomotiv workshop Eskişehir ). From 1923 on their own steam boilers and other steel structures for the railroad put forth the work that had to be bought from abroad before.

After the Second World War, work began on the construction of various machines, in 1957, leaving the first two miniature steam locomotives for railroads Park the workshops. A year later changed the name to Eskişehir Demiryolu Fabrikası ( railway factory Eskişehir ) and began the construction of the first to be built in Turkey normalspurigen steam locomotive named " Karakurt ", which was completed in 1961. Also in this time falls the manufacture of automobiles with the name Devrim ( " Revolution").

In 1968 began the manufacture of diesel locomotives, first as a license production of MaK rod locomotives. Two years later, follows the name was changed to Eskişehir Lokomotif ve Motor Sanayii Müessesesi ( ELMS ). More license production of foreign Lokhersteller followed, such as the production of TCDD DE series use 24000.

In 1986 the plant was converted into a public limited company under Turkish law and received its present name. Since the following year, the company also builds cabooses. In 1994, 7000 was finally presented with the TCDD - DH Series, the first self-developed diesel locomotive.

Today the company operates seven plants, the production facilities cover a total of 176,000 m2. Every year, about 70 locomotives and service vehicles, 500 freight cars, 600 motors and generators the workshops.

Products

Main business is the production and maintenance of rail vehicles. Here, especially under license from various foreign manufacturers to call, as the TCDD - Series E 43000 under license from the Japanese Toshiba Corporation. Also American types are manufactured under license, such as TCDD DE series 22000th Since the 1990s, also be made self-developed diesel locomotives. Also, freight cars are manufactured by TÜLOMSAS.

In addition, the company manufactures diesel engines and electric motors for various purposes.