GE Transportation just marked a key milestone – the delivery of the 3,000th Evolution Series locomotive to our railway customer in Kazakhstan. Introduced in 2005, the Evolution Series locomotive represents a $400 million investment by GE over eight years. The transportation team reinvented what a locomotive could be and created its most technologically advanced, fuel-efficient and low emissions locomotive to-date. The Evolution series, which is part of GE’s ecomagination product portfolio, is one of GE’s crown accomplishments being recently hailed as one of the top ten locomotives that changed railroading by Trains Magazine.
GE Transportation just marked a key milestone – the delivery of the 3,000th Evolution Series locomotive to our railway customer in Kazakhstan. Introduced in 2005, the Evolution Series locomotive represents a $400 million investment by GE over eight years. The transportation team reinvented what a locomotive could be and created its most technologically advanced, fuel-efficient and low emissions locomotive to-date. The Evolution series, which is part of GE’s ecomagination product portfolio, is one of GE’s crown accomplishments being recently hailed as one of the top ten locomotives that changed railroading by Trains Magazine.
Highly trained: The innovative locomotive, seen in its launch design in 2005 at left and the version just shipped at right, is made in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Evolution Series locomotive is equipped with a 12-cylinder diesel engine that produces the same 4,400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder predecessor. The smaller engine uses 5% less fuel, or approximately 1.1 million liters of fuel over the life of the locomotive, while reducing emissions by approximately 40%.
In 2006, Kazakhstan ordered 310 GE Evolution Series locomotives and the first ten units, including the 3,000th, have arrived there. Three hundred additional locomotives will be assembled in Kazakhstan starting at the end of 2009 from kits and parts produced in Erie. Beyond Kazakhstan, GE Transportation has developed innovative locomotives based on the Evolution Series platform for markets in Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt and the U.S. Approximately 17,000 GE locomotives are in use in more than 50 countries around the world.
* Watch a video of the Evolution being made and the 3,000th Evo dedication ceremony
* Read more about GE’s Kazakhstan deal
* Learn more about GE’s Evolution Series Locomotive
