Aug 27, 2009 7:44 pm US/Pacific
New Green Locomotives Haul Cargo Through Bay Area
AMERICAN CANYON (CBS 5) ―
The image of diesel locomotives spewing smoke is getting a makeover. A new generation of cleaner trains are hauling cargo through the Bay Area.
California Northern Railroad took delivery of number 501, first of a new generation of clean diesel locomotives. The railway delivers wine and other food based crops all over Northern California. With this new locomotive, it will do so while spewing out a lot less diesel soot, and use less fuel.
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