locomotive emissions

Railroads fear losing out to trucks if California gets its way

WASHINGTON — Major freight railroads and their short-line counterparts raised red flags on Capitol Hill about supply chain consequences of a California regulation aimed at cutting air pollution from locomotives.

If the California Air Resources Board is successful in securing approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation, adopted by the state last year, would require all locomotives manufactured after 2035 that travel though the state of...

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Short-line operator: California’s new locomotive emissions rule could ‘kill’ industry

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Kennan H. Beard III doesn’t think it’s an exaggeration that the new California Air Resources Board...

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