CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Knoxville Locomotive Works has delivered a Tier 4 switcher to agricultural firm ADM for use at the company’s Corpus Christi facility, a locomotive funded by a state grant to address emissions reduction.
“KLW is pleased to deliver the first successfully integrated a Cummins Tier 4 QST 30 Module to power a North American freight locomotive,” KLW Chairman Pete Claussen said in a press release. “We look forward to working with our multiple power system suppliers as they pave the way for the development of low-emission technologies for KLW customers in this sector.”
The grant, administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, was part of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, or TERP, Emissions Reduction Incentive Grant program. The program helps fund repowering or replacement of older locomotives to reduce the state’s nitrogen-oxide and particulate-matter emissions.
“Sustainability is a foundation of ADM’s purpose as a company, and a pillar of our growth strategy,” said Jordan Pollock, director of global technology at ADM. “We are honored to have been awarded this TERP grant, and excited to introduce this KLW Tier 4 locomotive, with benefits ranging from emissions to efficiency, to our Corpus Christi operations. This is just one more example of how, across ADM, we’re finding new and innovative ways to reduce the environmental impact of our operations.”
Knoxville Locomotive Works, established in 1998, has repowered, upgraded, repaired, or remanufactured approximately 1,000 locomotives, ranging from low-horsepower switchers to high-horsepower, line-haul units and DC-to-AC modernizations. The company currently manufactures high- and low-horsepower units that are Tier 4 certified, as well as California Air Resources Board verified. Visit the company’s website, www.goklw.com, for more information.
Is this a rebuild of an older EMD with a new power plant, control system and body mods, or an entirely new loco? If a rebuild, what was the base switcher used? Are more of these on order by other companies? Very nice development.