GE Transportation reached a milestone as it has received an order for its 10,000th Evolution Series locomotive, making it the company’s most successful line to date.
“From Iowa to India, and Angola to the Australian Outback, our Evolution Series locomotives combine incredible power, performance and efficiency to operate in the most difficult conditions,” Jamie Miller, CEO of GE Transportation said.
The latest Evolution Series Tier 4 engine technology enables a 70 percent reduction in emissions, which is achieved by recirculating exhaust gases back into the engine through a next generation cooling system. This allows railway companies to gain significant savings through reduced infrastructural and operational costs, as well as to comply with the most stringent emission requirements.
The Evolution Series features advanced digital capabilities that provide operators with real-time insights to improve performance. Each Tier 4 locomotive is loaded with over 200 sensors that process over one billion instructions per second.
The data is analyzed in real-time at GE Transportation’s Global Performance Optimization Centers (GPOC), which use advanced diagnostics and algorithms to provide customers with tailored maintenance prescriptions. The system automatically analyzes data on over 15 terabytes of operational history, and the outputs are constantly reviewed and improved upon by a team of technical specialists and domain experts with hundreds of years of combined experience.
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