Genesee & Wyoming to scrap or update 70 locomotives

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G&W locomotives to scrap or upgrade per EPA decree in 2023
By | January 27, 2023

A U.S. court will give the final approval for this list at a later date.


G&W locomotives to scrap or upgrade: Genesee & Wyoming recently entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department and the EPA that requires it to disable or upgrade more than 70 locomotives currently operating. The original News Wire article is online.

The key parts of that EPA decree read as follows:
“Defendants shall permanently remove from service each of the listed Locomotives by either: a. irrevocably disabling the Locomotive Engine (e.g. cutting the engine’s prime mover) and selling the remaining Locomotive frame for scrap metal; or b. irrevocably disabling the Locomotive Engine (e.g. cutting the engine’s prime mover) and installing a replacement Locomotive Engine (and any necessary associated components) such that the Locomotive is able to meet EPA’s Tier 3 or 4 emission standard in 40 C.F.R. Part 1033.”

AND

“Nothing herein prohibits Defendants from scrapping, recycling, or reusing the balance of the Locomotive (i.e. parts other than the Locomotive Engine) for parts on other Locomotives, but the Locomotive frame shall not be placed back into use unless and until the Locomotive meets the Tier 3 or 4 emission standard.” -Trains News wire.