CPKC to partner with U.S. railway CSX Corp. on hydrogen locomotives

CALGARY –

Canadian Pacific Kansas City says it’s going to collaborate with U.S. railway CSX Corp. to develop further hydrogen-powered locomotives.

The Calgary-based firm, dubbed CPKC on account of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern earlier this 12 months, says it’s going to accomplice with the Florida-based CSX for the constructing and deployment of hydrogen locomotive conversion kits for diesel electrical locomotives.

As a primary step, CSX will convert one in all its diesel locomotives utilizing a hydrogen conversion equipment developed by CPKC.

North America’s railway fleet is at the moment almost completely powered by diesel locomotives, that are the business’s most vital supply of greenhouse fuel emissions.

CPKC, or CP Rail because it was then referred to as, introduced in 2020 that it might develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive.

That prototype was designed and constructed in-house by CP engineers, and has since accrued greater than 1,600 kilometres of testing in income service.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed June 22, 2023.