Wabtec’s GECX 6000 battery-powered locomotive shown in a consist for testing near the company’s Erie, Pa., shops.
Stephan M. Koenig
ERIE, Pa. — On Tuesday morning, the much anticipated battery powered locomotive from Wabtec made its first trial run on the test track near Erie. The locomotive is the first unit to rely mainly on batteries for propulsion and the first such unit to enter domestic mainline service. Identified as GECX 6000, it is built to BNSF Railway specifications including the C4 truck. Once testing is complete in the next few months, observers expect it will wear Wabtec demonstrator colors.
