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8/8/2025
Richmond Pacific Railroad Corp. (RPRC) in California has commissioned a newly repowered MP15CC locomotive by Western Rail Inc.
The addition brings RPRC’s entire active locomotive fleet to Tier IV emission standards. A division of Levin Richmond Terminal Corp., RPRC serves the Port of Richmond and surrounding industrial areas with switching, rail-car storage and transloading services.
RPRC received an unspecified amount of grant funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to replace one of the railroad's legacy EMD units, improving efficiency and reducing emissions. RPRC then selected Western Rail to do the repowering and proposed a Cummins QST30 repower, supported by a Kato Engineering alternator and a custom electrical system designed by TMV Control Systems, RPRC officials said in a press release.
The unit was originally built in 1982 as an EMD MP15DC locomotive for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and was later operated by Union Pacific Railroad.