Power Surge

The article discusses U.S.-based GE Transportation's locomotive market growth and innovations, including the Evolution Hybrid, a hybrid diesel-electric/battery locomotive that is part of GE's environmentally friendly Ecoimagination portfolio. GE technology is also allowing locomotives in nations such as Kazakhstan, Africa, and Poland to be modernized. Onboard locomotive options, including automatic engine start-stop, are examined.

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• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 22-24
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Electric batteries; Environmental design; Innovation; Locomotives; Markets; Modernization; Starting (Driving); Stopping
• Identifier Terms: GE Transportation; General Electric Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrid electric diesel
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055707
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2007 2:48PM