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UP press release re: these units
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-17-2012 - 10:50
UP Testing Emissions-Reducing Technologies
August 14, 2012 | 09:15 a.m. CDT
Union Pacific is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from California locomotives through 2014. A series of 25 experimental locomotives will be part of this rigorous test of emissions-reducing technologies. The investment represents UP's latest effort to further reduce emissions and move closer to the U.S. EPA's Tier 4 locomotive emissions standards for new locomotives starting in 2015. The experimental locomotives are intermediate line-haul units, with an operating range of about 200 miles, and will be used exclusively in California.
"The testing and analysis of these locomotives is part of an ongoing initiative at Union Pacific to develop and use technology in pursuit of emissions reductions," said Mike Iden, general director-car and locomotive engineering. "This effort is emblematic of our continued commitment to provide environmentally responsible freight transportation."
Collaborating with the California Air Resources Board and Electro-Motive Diesel, UP is testing technogies in its next step toward achieving U.S. EPA Tier 4 locomotive emissions standards.
One locomotive in this series of 25 will be based in Roseville to test the combined use of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filtering. This UP unit is the closest an Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) locomotive has come to achieving Tier 4 standards. The move toward Tier 4 is made up of a 45 percent reduction in the oxides of nitrogen emissions compared to the current Tier 2 standard and an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions based on preliminary analysis. UP and the California Air Resources Board will jointly analyze the emissions reductions capability of this locomotive over the next 18 months.
Nine of the experimental units fitted with the EGR technology are based in the Colton, Calif., area and will be tested through operations in the southern California region. The remaining 15 experimental units will work out of Roseville for operations in northern California. These locomotives have the capability to be retrofitted with EGR and other emissions reduction technologies as testing progresses. The Proposition 1B – Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program is partially funding this set of locomotives.
Partnering with EMD to develop these experimental locomotives, UP continues work to upgrade and improve the fuel-efficiency of its locomotive fleet. Since 2000, the railroad has invested approximately $6.56 billion to purchase locomotives that meet the EPA's updated emissions guidelines and an additional $200 million to upgrade older locomotives in the fleet to reduce emissions and increase fuel efficiency. That equates to nearly 3,800 new, fuel-efficient locomotives in all. These purchases allow UP to retire older, less-efficient locomotives, thus improving overall fleet fuel economy and reducing the railroad's emissions rate.
So now that I've actually read the press release, it appears that the 9900 may be the designated monitoring unit for the Roseville area, so maybe that bulge has something to do with the monitoring equipment, but I really don't know. My only personal experience with one of the units wasn't overly impressive.
August 14, 2012 | 09:15 a.m. CDT
Union Pacific is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from California locomotives through 2014. A series of 25 experimental locomotives will be part of this rigorous test of emissions-reducing technologies. The investment represents UP's latest effort to further reduce emissions and move closer to the U.S. EPA's Tier 4 locomotive emissions standards for new locomotives starting in 2015. The experimental locomotives are intermediate line-haul units, with an operating range of about 200 miles, and will be used exclusively in California.
"The testing and analysis of these locomotives is part of an ongoing initiative at Union Pacific to develop and use technology in pursuit of emissions reductions," said Mike Iden, general director-car and locomotive engineering. "This effort is emblematic of our continued commitment to provide environmentally responsible freight transportation."
Collaborating with the California Air Resources Board and Electro-Motive Diesel, UP is testing technogies in its next step toward achieving U.S. EPA Tier 4 locomotive emissions standards.
One locomotive in this series of 25 will be based in Roseville to test the combined use of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filtering. This UP unit is the closest an Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) locomotive has come to achieving Tier 4 standards. The move toward Tier 4 is made up of a 45 percent reduction in the oxides of nitrogen emissions compared to the current Tier 2 standard and an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions based on preliminary analysis. UP and the California Air Resources Board will jointly analyze the emissions reductions capability of this locomotive over the next 18 months.
Nine of the experimental units fitted with the EGR technology are based in the Colton, Calif., area and will be tested through operations in the southern California region. The remaining 15 experimental units will work out of Roseville for operations in northern California. These locomotives have the capability to be retrofitted with EGR and other emissions reduction technologies as testing progresses. The Proposition 1B – Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program is partially funding this set of locomotives.
Partnering with EMD to develop these experimental locomotives, UP continues work to upgrade and improve the fuel-efficiency of its locomotive fleet. Since 2000, the railroad has invested approximately $6.56 billion to purchase locomotives that meet the EPA's updated emissions guidelines and an additional $200 million to upgrade older locomotives in the fleet to reduce emissions and increase fuel efficiency. That equates to nearly 3,800 new, fuel-efficient locomotives in all. These purchases allow UP to retire older, less-efficient locomotives, thus improving overall fleet fuel economy and reducing the railroad's emissions rate.
So now that I've actually read the press release, it appears that the 9900 may be the designated monitoring unit for the Roseville area, so maybe that bulge has something to do with the monitoring equipment, but I really don't know. My only personal experience with one of the units wasn't overly impressive.
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 U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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Peter D. | 08-14-2012 - 20:53 |
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Re: U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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OPRRMS | 08-15-2012 - 00:20 |
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Re: U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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Jon | 08-15-2012 - 13:25 |
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Re: U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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up833 | 08-15-2012 - 14:44 |
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Re: U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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E | 08-15-2012 - 14:58 |
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Re: U.P. 9900/mid way bulge
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Peter D. | 08-15-2012 - 20:39 |
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Re: U.P. 9900/mid way bulge
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OPRRMS | 08-16-2012 - 00:22 |
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UP press release re: these units |
OPRRMS | 08-17-2012 - 10:50 |
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mook | 08-17-2012 - 12:43 |
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OPRRNS | 08-17-2012 - 18:12 |
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mook | 08-17-2012 - 20:50 |
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OPRRMS | 08-17-2012 - 22:26 |
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Vince S | 09-25-2012 - 13:32 |
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Re: U.P. 9900 in Roseville Calif.
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Peter D. | 08-15-2012 - 20:48 |