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Wabtec hits diesel rebuild milestone
WABTEC HAS COMPLETED its milestone 1,000th remanufactured locomotive since beginning the rebuild program in 2015 at plants in Fort Worth, Texas; Erie, Pa.; and Contagem, Brazil.
Norfolk Southern has received 500 of the locomotives since contracting with Wabtec to take 1990s-vintage, 4,000-hp, D.C.-traction GE Dash-9 locomotives and rebuild them into 4,400-hp, A.C.-traction AC44C6M units. That includes the 1,000th unit, No. 4463, unveiled at Fort Worth.
“Our modernization program breathes new life and technological advancements into customers’ aging locomotives, while also reducing a railroad’s operating costs and carbon footprint,” says Pascal Schweitzer, president of Wabtec Freight Services. Finished units increase tractive effort by 50% with the switch to A.C. traction, improvements in truck design, an 11-ton weight increase, and new standardized control systems across all units. This allows Norfolk Southern to assign two…
