Amtrak Debuts New National Network Locomotives
LACEY PFALZ | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel Amtrak began the debut of its new, faster and more energy-efficient locomotives yesterday in Chicago, when one of them pulled the Empire Builder train from Chicago to Seattle. The ACL-42 locomotives will replace the ones that have been in operation since the 1990s; 75 are expected to be replaced by 2024. The locomotives consume less fuel while going faster than the previous ones, reducing particulate matter emissions by 95 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by over 89 percent. Siemens Mobility and Amtrak collaborated on these new long-distance locomotives. “We take our…