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RAC, Transport Canada agree to cut locomotive emissions 

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/11/19 18:59 by traintracker.

The rails are way behind the class 8 trucks in cutting emissions. As of 2011 nearly all new trucks achieved Tier 5 emissions and now you can buy a production model natural gas fueled model that achieves Near Zero emissions WAY cleaner than even the railroads Tier 4 locos. Sooner than later the rails will be required to meet Tier5 and when that happens they too will have to burn natural gas.

    IMHO-Ross Rowland

co614 Wrote:
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> The rails are way behind the class 8 trucks in
> cutting emissions. As of 2011 nearly all new
> trucks achieved Tier 5 emissions and now you can
> buy a production model natural gas fueled model
> that achieves Near Zero emissions WAY cleaner than
> even the railroads Tier 4 locos. Sooner than later
> the rails will be required to meet Tier5 and when
> that happens they too will have to burn natural
> gas.
>
>     IMHO-Ross Rowland

You assume no advancements in diesel emissions technology. Bad assumption. Everyone said that diesel couldn't meet Euro 6 but that hill has been taken.

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The 2 main diesel OEM's have publicly stated that the only economically feasible way they can get a 4000hp prime mover to achieve Tier5 or beyond ( NearZero) is by burning natural gas. At today's prices ( WTI crude at $ 64/barrel= $ 2.20gal.diesel to the big railroads ( USD) while HH natural gas is trading at 2.70 MBTU = about 0.85 cents a diesel gallon equivalent. That's a huge price differential if you're a big railroad burning hundreds of millions of gallons of diesel per year.

   IMHO it's only a matter of when the rails go to natural gas not if.

   Time will tell. Ross Rowland