UKRANIAN Railways (UZ) has signed a contract with Transmashholding and Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Plant, Ukraine, for the supply of 292 2EL4 electric locomotives, in a deal estimated to be worth up to $US 1.5bn. The locomotives will be delivered between 2012 and 2014, and Lugansk says it will be able to deliver up to 100 2EL4s per year to UZ.