CALGARY, Alberta— CPKC took delivery of five new Wabtec ET44AC locomotives over the weekend, the first batch of a 100-unit order.
All of the Tier 4 locomotives, which are being built at Wabtec’s assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas, are scheduled for delivery by the end of the year.
CPKC released a video yesterday showing the units being built, painted, and tested at the Wabtec plant.
The new locomotives — CPKC ET44ACs No. 7453, 7454, 7460, 7455, and 7452 — were spotted Tuesday as trailing units in the consist of an eastbound freight rolling along CPKC’s Greenville Subdivision in Texas.
