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"he Long Island Rail Road has reached an agreement with its freight rail operator to replace several high-polluting diesel locomotives with more environmentally friendly locomotives, officials with both agencies said.
At a Monday meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s LIRR Committee, LIRR president Phillip Eng announced the agreement with New York & Atlantic Railway, or NYAR, to “replace one-for-one existing diesel locomotives with green locomotives.”
The agreement follows meetings involving the LIRR, NYAR, elected officials and civic activists who have long raised concerns about the air pollution caused by freight locomotives that NYAR either leases from or has already purchased from the LIRR. The fleet includes five locomotives designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as “Tier 0” for their high diesel pollutant emissions."
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"he Long Island Rail Road has reached an agreement with its freight rail operator to replace several high-polluting diesel locomotives with more environmentally friendly locomotives, officials with both agencies said.
At a Monday meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s LIRR Committee, LIRR president Phillip Eng announced the agreement with New York & Atlantic Railway, or NYAR, to “replace one-for-one existing diesel locomotives with green locomotives.”
The agreement follows meetings involving the LIRR, NYAR, elected officials and civic activists who have long raised concerns about the air pollution caused by freight locomotives that NYAR either leases from or has already purchased from the LIRR. The fleet includes five locomotives designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as “Tier 0” for their high diesel pollutant emissions."
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