Progress Rail has successfully completed initial emissions testing of its new, repower locomotive – the EMD24B. The company has begun the process of certifying the locomotive per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4 emissions standards. The EMD24B locomotive will now start the California Air Resources Board’s 3,000-hour in-service verification testing, first with Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL).
Rated at 2,000 horsepower, the EMD24B comes equipped with a Cat 3512C HD engine and aftertreatment technologies proven to lower emissions. The EMD24B utilizes rebuilt EMD-style locomotive components, and has been constructed with a remanufactured underframe and cab from an existing EMD GP-40 locomotive. This pre-1973 locomotive core, which was originally developed based on “unregulated” emissions standards, has been remanufactured to meet the latest emissions standards.
The design and manufacture of the EMD24B involved various teams within the company; including Progress Rail’s repower engineering team, employees from the company’s Patterson, Georgia facility, and its Brazilian subsidiary, Zeit, which provided the locomotive’s control system.
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