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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

L.A.-Long Beach rail line to use green locomotives

A new generation of low-emission locomotives will be deployed by the harbor-area rail service at the largest port complex in the Americas in Long Beach and Los Angeles, Calif.

Pacific Harbor Line announced it has begun retrofitting its locomotives with new ultra low emission “Tier 3-plus” engines and the company says expects to retrofit all 16 of its 23 older locomotives by early 2012.

PHL said in a statement that its new Tier 3-plus engines will emit 85 percent less diesel particulate matter and 38 percent less nitrogen oxide than its previous three-year-old engines.

The new engines are being installed in Tacoma, Wash. by Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. The program was partially funded with a $12 million grant from the Carl Moyer Program through the South Coast Air Quality Management District and California Air Resources Board.