CN has announced the purchase of its first hybrid diesel-battery electric mainline locomotive from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, as part of its decarbonization plans. The EMD\u00ae will be tested to understand the potential impact and opportunity related to retrofitting a larger portion of the Company\u2019s fleet. CN is collaborating on this initiative with the Province of British Columbia who awarded approximately $3.2 million to the Company under the Clean BC Go Electric Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program.<\/p>\n
The plug-in hybrid mainline locomotive, a first of its kind in North America, will be evaluated on CN\u2019s mainline in British Columbia, starting in Prince George and the northern part of the province, under varying operational and weather conditions. The testing will increase CN\u2019s and the rail industry\u2019s knowledge on battery technology and more specifically, on the impact of alternative propulsion technology on mainline locomotives. As different alternative propulsion solutions will require batteries \u2013 including hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel cell locomotives \u2013 CN anticipates this initiative will contribute to further develop this key technology, while immediately reducing emissions.<\/p>\n
-via Press Release<\/em><\/p>\n The post CN Continues to Advance Decarbonization Efforts with EMD\u00ae Mainline Hybrid Locomotive from Progress Rail<\/a> appeared first on Railpace Newsmagazine<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CN has announced the purchase of its first hybrid diesel-battery electric mainline locomotive from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, as part of its decarbonization plans. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[713,47],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-29707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-rail-news","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t