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• February 05, 2021
• Class I, Freight, Locomotives, Mechanical, News

The ‘H’ Factor

RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: First steam. Then Electric. Then diesel. Then batteries. Next: Hydrogen fuel cells?

• January 04, 2021
• Class I, Freight, Locomotives, Mechanical, News, Regulatory

BNSF/Wabtec BEL Pilot Under Way

BNSF Railway and Wabtec have begun testing a battery-electric locomotive (BEL) in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, Calif. The BEL, sandwiched in between two Wabtec Tier 4 diesel-electric locomotives, creates what is described as a “battery-electric hybrid consist.” All three units power the train in main line operations.