Post by les on May 7, 2023 13:59:10 GMT
May 7, 2023
"Weeks after the California Air Resources Board approved an ambitious rule to limit rail pollution, the Pacific Harbor Line on May 4 unveiled one of the nation’s most advanced zero-emission locomotives — which will be tested for the next year on shorthaul routes in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The new zero-emission, zero-idle EMD Joule battery electric locomotive, a product of Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail, will serve Pacific Harbor Line’s cargo shorthaul service between ships and terminals, joining low-emissions diesel locomotives also serving in the ports."
PHL to test new electric locomotive at California ports
"Weeks after the California Air Resources Board approved an ambitious rule to limit rail pollution, the Pacific Harbor Line on May 4 unveiled one of the nation’s most advanced zero-emission locomotives — which will be tested for the next year on shorthaul routes in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The new zero-emission, zero-idle EMD Joule battery electric locomotive, a product of Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail, will serve Pacific Harbor Line’s cargo shorthaul service between ships and terminals, joining low-emissions diesel locomotives also serving in the ports."
PHL to test new electric locomotive at California ports