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The Railpower GG20B Green Goat is a low-emissions diesel hybrid switcher locomotive built by Railpower Technologies Corp. It is powered by a single Caterpillar C9 six cylinder inline engine developing 300 horsepower (224 kW), which is also connected to a large battery bank where both sources combine for a total power output of 2,000 horsepower (1,490 kW).
The company was founded in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and incorporated an automotive propulsion system into a new hybrid yard locomotive, dubbed the "Green Goat." The unit was built off the frame of an EMD GP9 , and was powered by a 130 hp (97 kW) diesel engine charging a bank of 320 lead-acid batteries , producing 2,000 hp (1,500 kW).
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A demonstrator Green Goat locomotive in 2005 1891 – James Grant , first president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1851-1854, dies (b. 1812). 1912 – W. Graham Claytor Jr. , president of Southern Railway 1967-1977 and Amtrak 1982-1993, is born (d. 1994).
Machynlleth station, circa 1885, then on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Eastbound local train in 1951. The lower yard of the station contained a number of sidings that served transshipment wharves connected to the Corris Railway. The first wharf was built in 1863 and leased by the Aberllefenni and Ratgoed quarries. The rest of the quarries ...
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The NASCAR Cup Series returns in early February to begin its 2025 season. The season kicks off with The Clash exhibition race, which moves to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina ...