Union-Pacific orders low-emission locomotives
 
Feb. 10

Union-Pacific Railroad has a new deal with National Railway Equipment Co. to build 60 low-emission diesel locomotives for use in rail yards in the Los Angeles area.

The new locomotives will reduce nitrous oxides and particulate matter by up to 80 percent and use as much as 40 percent less fuel.

The company will receive 30 of the locomotives this year and 30 next year, Union-Pacific said.

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