A diesel locomotive (D445 1060) was also hired from Italy to pull the ETR 500 Y2 on its way from Italy to Turkey. The loco is a special type equipped with retractable Scharfenberg couplers on both sides allowing itself to be hooked to another loco or to ETR 500. On test runs this diesel locomotive is separated from the train or attached if the train needs to lower the pantographs for a purpose.

Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)