Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) announced today at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) conference in Denver, Colorado, that it successfully completed testing of the first four-axle hydrogen-fueled, zero-emission switching locomotive on March 27, 2025, in West Sacramento, California.
Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) continues to lead the industry in the conversion of diesel locomotives to hydrogen-fueled, zero- emission locomotives. On July 6, 2023 the California State Transportation Authority announced that it will fund Sierra Northern Railway’s industry leading initiative to convert three additional diesel switching locomotives to hydrogen-powered zero, emission solutions…
Sierra Northern Railway of West Sacramento has acquired the assets of RailPower LLC with an aim to retrofit existing older diesel locomotives into zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell switching engines.
The California Energy Commission yesterday voted to award Sierra Northern Railway and GTI nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive. The locomotive will show the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell technology to reduce transportation air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Sierra Northern Railway (SNR), a division of Sierra Railroad Company, has announced its acquisition of the assets of RailPower LLC, a groundbreaking step toward revolutionizing rail transportation with clean energy solutions. SNR, already a leader in hydrogen-fueled locomotive technology and the owner of the largest RailPower locomotive fleet in America, is poised to integrate RailPower’s hybrid innovations with its hydrogen expertise.
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