Nordic Unmanned collaborates with BNSF Railway (BNSF) to test the Staaker Railway Drone. Also, Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity (CARE) invests in a sustainable future through partnership with Reinventure Capital.
Tom Linebarger will end his term as CEO of Cummins, effective Aug. 1, with Jennifer Rumsey assuming the role of President and CEO, the company reported July 14. Rumsey will be the first women to serve as leader since Cummins was founded in 1919.
The quest for sustainability is reshaping the rail industry. We look at the directions of travel—the tracks that rail is on.
National Railway Equipment Company (NRE) has appointed Merritt Becker CEO, effective June 1.
Amtrak Charger No. 309—a new 4,200-hp ALC-42 built by Siemens Mobility in Sacramento, Calif., and powered with a Cummins QSK95 Tier 4-compliant prime-mover—is the first to don the railroad’s “Phase VII” livery.
KLW (Knoxville Locomotive Works, Inc.) and Cummins Inc. on March 6 announced completion of its first KLWX 4400 ACT4, a remanufactured line-haul locomotive equipped with an EPA Tier 4-certified, 4,400-hp Cummins QSK95 prime-mover. The prototype locomotive is currently operating on CN, where it is undergoing reliability and performance testing.
Cummins Inc. is expanding its reach into the rail market with the QST30 Tier 4-compliant switcher locomotive power module, projected to be available in the first quarter of 2022.
Rajani Modiyani, Lead Account Manager for the Global Rail Team at Cummins, discusses clean diesel options, emissions standards technologies and the company’s current hydrogen product offering, and the future of Cummins Rail with
RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: First steam. Then Electric. Then diesel. Then batteries. Next: Hydrogen fuel cells?
As part of Cowen and Company’s “Energy Transition Series,” analysts spoke with The Hydrogen Council Executive Director Daryl Wilson to explore the adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies—from stationary to mobility applications. Also addressed were use-cases relating to complementary battery technology and costs of hydrogen as a fuel source. Cowen analysts discussed, too, how Cummins and Wabtec are operating in this market.