By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 7, 2019
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Fullerton, Calif.-based Rail Propulsion Systems (RPS) a contract for a second Blended After Treatment System (BATS) to retrofit its fleet of EMD F59PH diesel-electric passenger locomotives.
Installation of BATS technology will upgrade the NCDOT fleet, currently at EPA Tier 0 emissions, to Tier 4 Minus. BATS achieves the Tier 4 criteria for NOx, hydrocarbons and CO, and exceeds Tier 3 for particulate matter.