GE Transportation announced that several railway companies have placed orders this year for 225 refurbished locomotives. GE Transportation also completed the first of 100 locomotives modernizations for Norfolk Southern.
The modernization program updates aging locomotives – some more than 20-years-old – with customized solutions that range from simple changes, including control system upgrades, to complex restorations, such as the comprehensive transformation of an aged DC locomotive into an AC locomotive outfitted with state-of-the-art digital technology.
“This rebuild program with GE aligns with Norfolk Southern’s strategic values for responsible stewardship of resources. The rebuild program will modernize and improve our locomotive fleet, adding service life, increasing freight hauling capacity and enabling us to reduce capital spending requirements for new locomotives by efficiently refreshing our existing assets. Modernizations will most likely be a strong portion of our locomotive capital spending for a number of years,” said Doug Corbin, assistant vice president -mechanical at Norfolk Southern.
Canadian Pacific as well, looking to take advantage of such optimization, had 30 modernized locomotives delivered in 2017 and an additional 80 are on order to be delivered in 2018.
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