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The "Green Kid" is here - Rail Update - Brief Article

Railway Age, August, 2003

> RailPower Technologies, Inc., has rolled out its prototype "Green Kid" 1,000 hp hybrid industrial switcher, The locomotive, a smaller version of the 2,000 hp "Green Goat," uses a 100 hp diesel "genset" to charge a bank of lead-acid batteries used for propulsion, Both units are said to reduce NOx and particulates 80-90% over conventional switchers of similar horsepower, The Green Goat is currently testing on Pacific Harbor Lines,

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