Keith Creel

Canadian Pacific launches hydrogen-powered locomotive project

CP is starting a pilot project to build a hydrogen-powered locomotive.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) is starting a pilot project to develop a hydrogen-powered locomotive.

As concerns for the environment rise, freight transporter companies face increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If successful, Canadian Pacific (CP) would be the first company in North America to run a line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive, a release announcing the project on Friday said.

One of CP’s line-haul locomotives will be retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells and battery...

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Commentary: Railway insight from New England

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Rail business is often best understood right up close — along a Class I rail company’s branch lines or out along a much smaller regional rail carrier’s track or sometimes inside a port.

With this in mind, this column examines what’s happening in New England. That is the small, six-state area, plus some geography into eastern New York, eastern Quebec and the...

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