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In 1992, Caltrans released the first feasibility study detailing the possibility of electrifying the railroad between San Francisco and San Jose. [8] The 1992 Feasibility Study proposed replacing the existing diesel-electric locomotives with either a fleet of EMD AEM-7 electric locomotives to move the existing gallery passenger cars or Metro North Budd M-2/M-4 EMUs. [9]
The Altoona Works BP4 is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) B-B battery-electric locomotive rebuilt by the Altoona Works of the Norfolk Southern Railway.It was created in 2007 by replacing the diesel prime mover of an EMD GP38 (Norfolk Southern #2911, formerly Conrail #7732) with 1,080 12-volt lead-acid batteries and associated control equipment.
The InterCity 250 was an electric railway project undertaken by British Rail in the late 1980s. The InterCity 250 train would have consisted of a Class 93 electric locomotive, nine Mark 5 coaches and a Mark 5 Driving Van Trailer operating in a push-pull formation. The British Rail project was cancelled in July 1992. [1]
The Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura is a joint venture of Alstom SA of France with Indian Railways for the production of 800 high-power locomotives over a period of 11 years designed to run on Indian tracks at 120 km/h (75 mph). The manufacturing has started on 11 October 2017.
In late 2021, Roy Hill announced plans to test fully-battery-powered heavy-haul locomotives. They envision recharging the batteries while dynamic braking on the heavily-loaded downhill runs. [ 9 ] The first FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive was unveiled at Wabtec's design and development center on 31 October 2023.
Newag Dragon's project was the first Polish electric locomotive project unveiled since the EM10, was unveiled 19 years earlier. [1] Newag was engaged in refurbishing old ET22 locomotives and decided that offering a new locomotive would make more sense, resulting in plans to design and offer a comparable six-axle goods locomotive instead.
Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives ... 5AT project – steam for ... An estimate of total steam locomotive production in the United States is about ...
The first WAG-9 series locomotive—the first indigenous 6000 hp freight electric locomotive—was rolled out on 14 November 1988, and christened Navyug.10 May 2000 Navodit, the first passenger version of the WAP-5 series with a service speed of 160 km/h and the potential to reach 200 km/h, was manufactured; the project's highest-priority items ...