by MEC407
GE has announced a new addition to the Evolution Series family of locomotives: the ES43BBi.
From Railway Gazette:
From Railway Gazette:
Railway Gazette wrote:Featuring GE’s new AC traction motor for 1 000 mm gauge, the Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo ES43BBi would feature individual axle control, improving adhesion and offering double the tractive effort of existing DC-motored designs dating from the 1970s and 1980s. According to GE, this would enable two locomotives to haul freight trains currently requiring between three and five six-axle locos.Read the rest of the article at: http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/trac ... ution.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
GE Transportation Technology Director Marc Flammia said that the ES43BBi would meet ‘a major demand in the national market’, enabling 1 000 mm gauge operators to move ‘more freight at a lower cost’. As well as the lower maintenance requirements of AC traction motors, the new design would offer the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80%, he said.
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives