The Port of New Orleans has completed the acquisition of eight new locomotives for operating within the port complex.
With the arrival of the eight new engines, the port authority’s short-line New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) will reduce its locomotive fleet from 15 to eight. The new locomotives are also expected to reduce fuel consumption by 25% and emissions by 40%.
NOPB is a Class III switching railroad in the Port of New Orleans that shuttles cargo to and from six Class I freight...
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