Bombardier dual-powered locomotives benefit from 60% weight saving in onboard batteries
Bombardier dual-powered locomotives benefit from 60% weight saving in onboard batteries
2 Pagestimes. The Saft MRX battery systems will provide the power needed to: • ensure continuity of vital electronic control circuits and other vehicle loads while traversing neutral sections of the overhead catenary, • provide cranking power to start one of the two 1,567 kW diesel engines, • provide backup support for all vehicle control and critical safety loads in the event of a failure. Thanks to their flexible drive technology, the ALP-45DP locomotives can be used on the entire networks of the first purchasers, New Jersey Transit (NJT) and Canada’s Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) in Montreal. Bombardier ALP-45DP locomotives meet critical axle weight limits for North American operators with Saft MRX nickel-based battery system. Dual-power benefits The switch from traditional lead-
