PITTSBURGH — One of the biggest locomotive manufacturers is selling more of its new battery-powered locomotives as railroads and mining companies work to reduce their carbon emissions.
Wabtec said Monday that Rio Tinto has agreed to buy four of its new FLXdrive locomotives for its iron mining operations in Australia in the biggest order to date of the new model.
BNSF tested out one of Wabtec’s battery-powered locomotives last year on its rail lines in California in one of several pilot programs the railroads have announced to experiment with alternative locomotive fuels as a way to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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