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Two days after announcing plans to work with GE Transportation to implement movement planner software across its network, Norfolk Southern Railway unveiled another partnership with a supplier aimed at advancing the latest locomotive technology.

On Wednesday, NS announced it’s working with Axion Power International Inc. to develop a battery management system designed to operate locomotives on battery power and recharge their batteries through regenerative braking.  The system would feature Axion Power’s PbC batteries to enable selected locomotives to operate without diesel generator sets, helping make NS’ trains the “cleanest in North America,” according to Axion Power.  

“The key will be developing a battery management system that is robust, safe, dependable and easy to maintain,” said Axion Power Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Granville in a prepared statement.  “We are highly confident, based on our ongoing work, that this system can be successfully demonstrated in a fairly short timeframe.”