Norfolk Southern is teaming up with Progress Rail in Albertville to upgrade 96 locomotives with newer AC technology to boost power, reliability, and efficiency.

Norfolk Southern and Albertville-based Progress Rail will convert 96 locomotives to AC technology by 2029, cutting costs and extending fleet life.

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern will continue to modernize its locomotive fleet in a deal announced on Monday with Progress Rail, which will convert 96 of the railroad’s SD70M-2 models to AC-traction ...

Progress Rail will modernise a set of 96 EMD SD70M-2 locomotives for Norfolk Southern – transforming them into SD70ICC units.

NS’s modernization roadmap includes new locomotives, a DC-to-AC program and a “push to reduce engine models from 13 to four over the next decade,” the Class I noted. Fewer models mean “lower ...

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