Companies tout it as ‘largest investment in modernized locomotives in rail industry history’
Union Pacific on Wednesday enlisted Wabtec to modernize 600 locomotives to improve fuel efficiency, reliability and haulage ability.
FreightWaves chatted with new National Railway Equipment CEO Merritt Becker about how NRE expects to help companies deploy technology to their older locomotive and inland waterway fleets.
With Wabtec’s help, NS will retrofit locomotives so that they can last 20 more years.
Union Pacific will test B20 biodiesel and R55 renewable diesel on the locomotives that it acquired from Wabtec. The western U.S. railroad also said it reduced fuel consumption for three years in a row.
Wabtec and Progress Rail selected as suppliers
The rail manufacturer has been modernizing locomotives to improve their fuel efficiency and longevity.
CSX will be using Wabtec’s technology aimed at reducing emissions and improving fuel efficiency for locomotives.
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Positive train control (PTC) is a way to automatically stop a freight or passenger train before a collision.
