@Dominic Mazoch posted:Will UP be sending both companies trade in locomotives to be converted?
And has been thought of combining slug tech to the battery locomotives so they can be more flexable and, as Thomas would say, Useful?
No mention was made of trade-ins. The Wabtec FLXdrive and CAT's versions are new from the wheels up, there would be virtually nothing "convertible" from a trade-in except for maybe traction motors.
The Wabtec battery locomotives are designed to work in multiple with normal diesel locomotives, making a virtual "hybrid" consist to save fuel. Plus they can be operated individually for (an unknown to me) period/miles.
So far, CAT looks like they are building switchers, but I see MU receptacles, so apparently they can MU with diesels.
How more "useful" can they get?
Rusty
