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Next week, CSX Transportation will unveil the first Genset locomotive to be based in Illinois. The Class I will conduct a ceremony March 17 at the LaSalle Street Metra Station in Chicago to commemorate the “green” locomotive event.

CSXT will be the first railroad to base Gensets in Illinois. The locomotives can reduce nitrous oxide and particulate matter emissions by 80 percent, and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50 percent, and cut fuel usage compared with a conventional switcher, the Class I said in an announcement. The railroad plans to use five GenSets in various Illinois operations this year.

CSX Corp. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Ward; CSXT Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Tony Ingram; Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Thomas Byrne; and city of Riverdale Mayor Zenovia Evans will speak at the ceremony and discuss rail’s environmental benefits.