The GE Manufacturing Solutions facility in Fort Worth will be producing 50 new locomotives after GE Transportation received an order from Kansas City Southern.
The first units are expected to be delivered in early 2019.
The order includes GE’s Tier 4 Evolution™ Series locomotives, equipped with GE Transportation’s GoLIN Platform, Trip Optimize System and Distributed Power LOCOTROL technologies. As part of GE Transportation’s Train Performance product suite, these technology solutions optimize power distribution, train handling, brake control and fuel utilization.
“This agreement will expand our relationship with KCS, drive operational efficiency across their system, and further meet the needs of their future growth,” said Rafael Santana, president and CEO of GE Transportation. “Our leading Tier 4 locomotives will give KCS the productivity and reliability needed to move and grow with its customers.”
Kansas City Southern said its U.S. and Mexico rail subsidiaries will utilize the new locomotives.