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> The railroad will spend $100 million on the Progress Rail-built locomotives and other infrastructure improvements, the largest investment into the technology
by MattGaiser 5y ago
> The railroad will spend $100 million on the Progress Rail-built locomotives and other infrastructure improvements, the largest investment into the technology ever made by a Class I railroad.
Progress Rail is at least building them.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoThat seems correct. Google also found this: https://www.progressrail.com/en/Company/News/PressReleases/CaterpillartoSupplyLocomotivestoUnionPacificRailroadSupportingInvestmentinWorldsLargestBattery-ElectricLocomotiveFleet.html https://www.progressrail.com/en/Company/News/PressReleases/C... > Union Pacific Railroad will purchase 10 battery-electric locomotives from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company.
- gsnedders 5y agoSpecifically, they are these: https://www.progressrail.com/en/Segments/RollingStock/Locomotives/FreightLocomotives/EMDJoule.html https://www.progressrail.com/en/Segments/RollingStock/Locomo...
- donarb 5y agoProgress Rail along with Wabtec (originally Westinghouse).