page_title: Eurorunner
section_title: History and operators
hierarchical_section_title: Eurorunner / History and operators
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 九廣鐵路一輛西門子ER20型柴油機車，編號8002English: A Siemens EuroRunner diesel loco owned by KCR.
context_page_description: The Eurorunner family of locomotives are a series of medium- to high-power diesel-electric locomotives built by Siemens for the European market. Introduced from 2002 onwards, they share design characteristics with the successful Eurosprinter range of electric locomotives, also built by Siemens.
  The main initial order for these locomotives was for 100 of the four-axle ER20 for the Austrian Federal Railways and designated ÖBB type 2016, and commonly called Hercules; further smaller orders from smaller railway companies have also been fulfilled. Later six-axle versions ER20CF were produced for Lithuanian Railways. A higher-power version ER30 is also offered but has not resulted in any orders as of 2010.
  Production of the Eurorunner ceased by 2012, replaced by Siemens Vectron diesel-engined versions.
context_section_description: The initial order of the Eurorunner was of 100 units for Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB as locomotive type 2016.
  Further locomotives were purchased by various companies:
  Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation of Hong Kong were an early customer, ordering five locomotives in 2001 for use hauling freight services on the Kowloon-Canton Railway.Nord-Ostsee-Bahn also operate ER20s as 'DE 2000'. These original locomotives were available in a passenger version; the equipment (such as electric train heat etc.) required for passenger operation was carried under the locomotives frame between the bogies and necessitated a reduction in the size of the fuel tank. Alternatively, it may be said that the freight version has a larger fuel tank.
  Locomotives based in Germany have been called 'Class 253', but that code has been given to the Vossloh G2000, and the locomotives now answer to the name 'Class 223'; in Austria the designation is often 'Class 2016' since the original Austrian order for ÖBB had that number, the name 'Hercules' is also commonly used for this class since the original Austrian locomotive carried that name.
  In 2007 Siemens announced variants available as a six-axle Co'Co' locomotive. The first order for this type came from Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai or LG) for 34 of a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) gauge freight-specific version; the new variant was given the reporting name ER 20 CF Higher-powered versions are also offered, designated ER30.
  The passenger version is labelled ER 20 CU (U is for universal), and retrospectively the two-axle variants have been relabelled ER 20 BU or ER 20 BF for the universal (passenger) and freight versions respectively. (Originally the Bo'Bo' freight version reported as ER 20 F)
caption: A Siemens Eurorunner loco, fleet number 8002 operated by the MTR Corporation of Hong Kong
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