Rail News Home Norfolk Southern Railway 3/14/2022 Rail News: Norfolk Southern Railway
The new calculator enhances the accuracy of carbon estimates by capturing the entire cycle of fuel usage. Photo – nscorp.com
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Norfolk Southern Railway today announced the launch of a next-generation carbon calculator for customers to measure carbon emissions in their supply chain decisions.
The calculator enhances the accuracy of carbon estimates by capturing the entire cycle of fuel usage, NS officials said in a press release. Direct fuel consumption from locomotives is applied to every rail car based on weight and distance traveled, and additional fuel accounted for includes yard and local operations, equipment repositioning and fuel expended while handling containers in intermodal operations. The tool generates a rail fuel efficiency factor for 18 rail-car types and 30 commodities.
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Rail News Home BNSF Railway 3/10/2022 Rail News: BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway Co. and Wabtec yesterday announced they're working together to advance sustainability with a new biofuel project aimed at quantifying the impact of alternative fuels on emissions, durability and performance in Wabtec locomotives.BNSF and Wabtec will begin testing biofuel in the second quarter. The companies aim to demonstrate the performance of biodiesel (B20) and renewable diesel (R55) in revenue service on Wabtec Tier 3 and Tier 4 Evolution Series locomotives in California. BNSF will operate the locomotives between Barstow and Los Angeles, the companies said in a press release.Wabtec already has approved a 5% biodiesel (B5) and 30% renewable diesel (R30) blend for its locomotive engines."Rail is already the most carbon-efficient mode of land freight transport, and the use of these lower carbon fuels is another means for BNSF to reduce its emissions and help meet its carbon reduction goal," said John Lovenburg, BNSF's vice president of environment and sustainability.Last year, BNSF conducted a pilot with a battery-electric locomotive developed by Wabtec in commercial service between Barstow and Stockton that showed an 11% reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared with standard diesel units operated on the same route.
BNSF Railway Co. and Wabtec yesterday announced they're working together to advance sustainability with a new biofuel project aimed at quantifying the impact of alternative fuels on emissions, durability and performance in Wabtec locomotives.BNSF and Wabtec will begin testing biofuel in the second quarter. The companies aim to demonstrate the performance of biodiesel (B20) and renewable diesel (R55) in revenue service on Wabtec Tier 3 and Tier 4 Evolution Series locomotives in California. BNSF will operate the locomotives between Barstow and Los Angeles, the companies said in a press release.Wabtec already has approved a 5% biodiesel (B5) and 30% renewable diesel (R30) blend for its locomotive engines."Rail is already the most carbon-efficient mode of land freight transport, and the use of these lower carbon fuels is another means for BNSF to reduce its emissions and help meet its carbon reduction goal," said John Lovenburg, BNSF's vice president of environment and sustainability.Last year, BNSF conducted a pilot with a battery-electric locomotive developed by Wabtec in commercial service between Barstow and Stockton that showed an 11% reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared with standard diesel units operated on the same route.