Progress Rail PR30C

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Progress Rail PR30C
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Progress Rail Services
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  AAR C-C
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover Caterpillar 3516
Cylinders V16
Performance figures
Power output 3,005  hp (2,240 kW)

The Progress Rail PR30C is a 3,005  hp (2,240 kW) [1] C-C diesel-electric locomotive rebuilt by Progress Rail Services. It is the result of a conversion to an existing EMD SD40-2-type locomotive. This involves replacing the existing prime mover with an EPA Tier-II-compliant turbocharged V16 Caterpillar 3516. [1] The prime mover is equipped with an additional exhaust treatment system, in a large box mounted at hood top level, in front of the radiator section.

Horsepower unit of power

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Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar since 2006, is a supplier of railroad and transit system products and services headquartered in Albertville, Alabama, United States. Founded as a recycling company in 1982, Progress Rail has increased the number of its product and service offerings over time to become one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services in North America. Progress Rail markets products and services worldwide and maintains 110 facilities in the United States, 34 in Mexico, four in Canada, two in Brazil, five in UK, one in Italy, and one in Germany. Progress Rail is organized into two divisions: Engineering & Track Services (ETS) and Locomotive & Railcar Services (LRS).

EMD SD40-2 model of North American 3000hp Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives

The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000-horsepower (2,200 kW) C-C road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1972 to 1989.

At least six SD40-2s are scheduled for this rebuild, of which five have been completed and entered revenue freight service as of July 2010. The first units were introduced into service for the Union Pacific Railroad in California in January 2010. They have been assigned to mainline freight operations in the southern part of the state between Long Beach and West Colton. [1]

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Long Beach, California City in California, United States

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 39th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second-largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego. Long Beach is a charter city.

An additional PR30C operates as a demonstrator for Progress Rail. [2]

This conversion alters the external appearance of the locomotive; in addition to the addition of the large exhaust treatment box, the radiator section is replaced with one similar in appearance to that of an EMD SD70ACe.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lustig, David (September 2010). "PR30Cs test on UP in California". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing.
  2. ↑ "Progress Rail Services". TrainWeb. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
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