From the Los Angeles Times Business section...
Small railroad is on track to go green
"The century-old, locally owned railroad is completing the purchase of five new "ultra clean" locomotives, funded largely by a $6.7-million state grant. The U.S.-made locomotives, which have energy-efficient engines that spew far less pollution into the air, are replacing all the railroad's old locomotives.
"'We retired all of our old stinkers made in the 1940s and 1950s,' Chief Executive Joe Mackil said. 'The old ones just belched the junk out. These new things are very clean.'"
Small railroad is on track to go green
"The century-old, locally owned railroad is completing the purchase of five new "ultra clean" locomotives, funded largely by a $6.7-million state grant. The U.S.-made locomotives, which have energy-efficient engines that spew far less pollution into the air, are replacing all the railroad's old locomotives.
"'We retired all of our old stinkers made in the 1940s and 1950s,' Chief Executive Joe Mackil said. 'The old ones just belched the junk out. These new things are very clean.'"
