COLUMBUS, Ind. – Cummins Inc. has developed a Tier 4-compliant QSK19-R engine that will power new Nippon Sharyo Diesel Multiple Units. Contracts have been awarded to Nippon Sharyo U.S.A./Sumitomo Corp. of America for 32 cars that will have the engine. The cars will be configured as either two- or three-car DMU sets with the 760 horsepower engine installed under the floors in each car.
Cummins said the QSK19-R is the first railcar engine being produced in North America that is certified to meet Tier 4 Final ultra-low emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, taking effect Jan. 1, 2015. Production of the QSK19 engine is now underway at Cummins facility in Seymour, Ind.
The first Nippon Sharyo DMU is scheduled for delivery this year for the air-rail link currently under construction from downtown Toronto to Pearson International Airport. A total of 18 cars will be operated on the line by GO Transit. Another 14 cars will be delivered to the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) line, north of the San Francisco Bay Area on the former Northwestern Pacific. The line is currently under construction.
