Canadian Pacific Railway buys 35 hybrid locomotives

Canadian Pacific Railway buys 35 hybrid locomotives

   Canadian Pacific Railway is purchasing 35 'Green Goat Series' hybrid locomotives over a four-year period from RailPower Technologies Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

   The Green Goat locomotives are powered by batteries that are charged by a small diesel genset which meets the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 2 standards for particulate matter in exhaust emissions.

   Under the agreement, seven of CPR’s yard locomotives will be converted and used at CPR’s Calgary operations as part of long-term testing. Another 28 Green Goats would be converted over the following three years if the first hybrids meet performance guarantees, CPR said.

   CPR said replacement components are difficult to source for its yard fleet of approximately 220 low-horsepower locomotives built in the 1950s.