Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Vossloh Euro series is a new type of diesel-electric locomotive, based on the Vossloh Euro platform, and intended primarily for the European market. Two basic versions are available: the four-axle Euro 3000[5], and the six-axle Euro 4000At the beginning of the 2000s numerous private train operators emerged in mainland Europe, as open-access freight operation was already granted in some European countries before complete liberalization in 2012. These mainly used second-hand diesel locomotives formerly in use with the state railways of the respective country, or new medium-powered diesel locomotives like the Class 66 or Vossloh G2000.