OmniTRAX Ushers in New Chapter for All Electric Locomotives
CLEVELAND, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR), an affiliate of OmniTRAX, has purchased its first all-battery electric locomotive to service its northern Ohio rail lines.
- CLEVELAND, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR), an affiliate of OmniTRAX, has purchased its first all-battery electric locomotive to service its northern Ohio rail lines.
- The new AMPS Traction GP9 based battery electric switching locomotive is a 250,000 lb.
- The locomotive's innovative technology reduces fuel consumption by half and cuts NOx emissions and particulate matter 77%.
- The new AMPS Traction battery electric locomotive is projected to reduce NSR emissions by 77%, thereby removing 4.2 tons of nitrogen oxide from the atmosphere.