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RailPower Technologies Corp. has lined up another short line to kick the tires on its hybrid switcher. Yesterday, the company announced Modesto and Empire Traction Co. (METRR) will test a Green Kid® locomotive for 30 days in switching and short-haul applications.
A five-mile short line serving the 2,000-acre Beard Industrial District in Modesto, Calif., METRR interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroad.
Featuring 130-horsepower diesel generators and long-life recyclable batteries, 2,000-horsepower Green Goats are designed to reduce NOx and other emissions 50 percent to 80 percent, and fuel use about 50 percent compared with a conventional switcher.
Short lines Pacific Harbor Line Inc. and BNSF subsidiary Los Angeles Junction Railway Co. already have tested Green Goats.
6/10/2004
Rail News: Mechanical
Modesto and Empire Traction to test RailPower's Green Goat
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RailPower Technologies Corp. has lined up another short line to kick the tires on its hybrid switcher. Yesterday, the company announced Modesto and Empire Traction Co. (METRR) will test a Green Kid® locomotive for 30 days in switching and short-haul applications.
A five-mile short line serving the 2,000-acre Beard Industrial District in Modesto, Calif., METRR interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroad.
Featuring 130-horsepower diesel generators and long-life recyclable batteries, 2,000-horsepower Green Goats are designed to reduce NOx and other emissions 50 percent to 80 percent, and fuel use about 50 percent compared with a conventional switcher.
Short lines Pacific Harbor Line Inc. and BNSF subsidiary Los Angeles Junction Railway Co. already have tested Green Goats.
