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10/30/2024
Anacostia Rail Holdings' Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) yesterday announced it has received partial funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to purchase five zero-emission (ZE) locomotives at a cost of $34.2 million.
CARB received a federal Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program grant of up to $36.5 million to replace 10 diesel locomotives with nine ZE battery-electric locomotives, one hydrogen fuel cell locomotive and four charging stations. PHL will receive five battery-electric locomotives and two battery chargers; Watco will acquire four battery-electric locomotives and two battery chargers, and Sacramento Valley Railroad will acquire the hydrogen fuel cell locomotive, according to the Federal Railroad Administration's CRISI grant award information.
PHL is contributing $6.37 million toward the cost to acquire the five ZE locomotives and two charging stations, Anacostia officials said in a press release.
The CRISI grant award follows PHL’s successful first year operations with its zero-exhaust emission EMD® Joule battery-electric locomotive from Progress Rail, which will also be manufacturing the new zero-emissions locomotives, Anacostia officials said.
PHL, which serves the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, was the first railroad to upgrade its entire fleet to Environmental Protection Agency Tier 3-plus locomotives, and it also operates a Tier 4 locomotive in addition to the Joule ZE unit now in service, according to Anacostia.