2 marzo 2022 anni - (CANADA) Canadian National (CN) expects delivery of the first battery-electric freight locomotive (second generation of Wabtec’s FLXDrive) in 2023

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Just weeks later, CN announced the purchase of its first battery-electric freight locomotive from Wabtec, a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer. The locomotive will feature the second generation of Wabtec’s FLXDrive battery-electric technology, with a seven MWh battery capacity.

CN expects delivery of the new locomotive in 2023. It plans to use it on the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad on a 224-kilometre route that runs from the suburbs of Pittsburgh to Conneaut, Ohio.

https://electricautonomy.ca/2022/03/02/cp-cn-zero-emission-locomotives/