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Re: official Anouncement about MBTA HSP-46ac |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Sep 1 15:29:57 2010, in response to Re: official Anouncement about MBTA HSP-46ac, posted by Dutchrailnut on Tue Aug 31 21:13:07 2010. As Mike noted the announcements regarding the future of EMD's passenger locomotive line were made before Cat bought them up. Now things are rather up in the air, but their press releases would seem to indicate that they will vie for any diesel locomotive orders Amtrak might issue. Certainly their attempt to reenter the rebuild market signals a shift away from their focus on two product lines and into more specialized roles than a few years ago.Additionally EMD does produce an engine which generates more than 4500 hp. The 265H engine remains an option for their SD70 platform. As yet US sales have been sluggish, but they're selling 300 JT56AC locomotives with the 16 cylinder 265H engine in it. The 265H may not be EPA Tier II compliant, but that's mostly because there hasn't been a demand for it from the US railroads. They have stocks of stuff for EMD two stroke diesels, and going to an all four stroke fleet now makes little sense. EMD has long claimed the 710 will meet or exceed Tier 3, and it looks like that will happen. Now that EMD is a part of Cat I'd be willing to bet we'll see Cat adopt the 265H, or EMD will adopt the Cat 3600 series if the railroads demand anything above 4500hp, and a 12 cylinder is an option if lower emissions are required. This likely puts EMD in a better position, with three potential engine designs, than GE in the coming years. Rumors of EMD's passing have been greatly exaggerated. |
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