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IS BIG on FREIGHT Class' ProgressiveThe Information Leader for the Railroad Industry MAY 2014 Société de transport de Montréal’s ‘world class’ aim Huge UPS Louisville hub IS BIG ON FREIGHT WEBWEB EXCLUSIVE: EXCLUSIVE: Talent drain puts rail industry on the executive recruitment beat www.progressiverailroading.com/cover www.ProgressiveRailroading.com C1_PR_0514 Cover.indd C1 4/30/14 7:43 AM one The you’ve been looking for. GE Tricolor LED Signal Introducing the GE Tricolor LED Signal, with three aspects in a single, compact module. Not only is the Tricolor perfectly suited to rail applications where weight and space are an issue, its 3-in-1 design simplifi es everything from stocking to installation for maximum effi ciency. And with an LED lamp that lasts 15 to 20 times longer than incandescent, it reduces maintenance costs signifi cantly. 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FREE INFO: Circle 102 03_PR_0514 Amsted Rail.indd 03 4/23/14 11:23 AM PROGRESSIVE RAILROADING 4 | May 2014 Upfront [ MECHANICAL ] Self-help program By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor Norfolk Southern Railway designed to boost fuel effi- road power?” he says. efforts evolved from the GE long has aimed to reduce ciency and reduce air emissions. The 4,000-horsepower arrangement, says Graab. To locomotive fleet costs and About three-fourths of the Dash 8.5s will be very similar ensure the Roanoke shop is increase motive-power road fleet are GE models and a to Dash 9s, except they won’t optimally equipped for the efficiency by rebuilding and rebuild will cost half as much as feature low-weight transfer program, NS last year installed redeveloping its yard and a new locomotive, according to trucks. The Dash 8.5s will a $1 million CNC line-boring local switchers. Now, the the Class I. incorporate electronic systems machine that’s designed to Class I is trying to apply its With lower operating — such as electronic fuel repair engine frames that typi- rebuilding expertise to costs in mind, Chairman and injection — and be configured cally had been scrapped. GE Transportation road Chief Executive Officer Wick to wirelessly issue health-status NS now saves about locomotives — and develop Moorman several years ago reports, says Graab. $155,000 for each salvaged a new model in the process. approached the Mechanical The first Dash 8.5 is expected GE frame. The department also Through a six-year program, Department to determine if ex- to roll out of the railroad’s plans to replace bridge cranes NS plans to rebuild 84 pertise gleaned from rebuilding Roanoke, Va., shop and roll at the shop and is considering a GE Dash 8 locomotives that yard and local switchers — in- onto a test track sometime in drop table, says Graab. were manufactured in 1989 or cluding successful transforma- May. NS will need to obtain 1990, and lack modern elec- tions of Electro-Motive Diesel U.S. Environmental Protection More hands on deck tronics and amenities. locomotives into SD40E units Agency (EPA) approval for the In addition, NS is adding work- Pegged to become the rail- — could carry over to the road unit’s new engine configuration, ers at the shop, which employs road’s first-ever Dash 8.5 fleet, says NS Vice President of says Graab. 276 people. About a dozen locomotives, the rebuilt units Mechanical Don Graab. recruits were hired in January to will feature custom wide-body “We decided that if we could The center of it all assume various positions, such cabs and high-tech engines do yard and locals, why not The Roanoke shop has become as machinists and electricians.
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