Locomotive Emissions Monitoring Program - Railway Association of ...

The actions taken by the railways in 2008 compared to 2007 and 2006 are displayed in the matrix below:
2006 2007 a 2008 Total
CAC Commitments
Listed Under the MOU
Acquire only new and
freshly manufactured
locomotives that
meet applicable EPA
emissions standards.
Upgrade, upon
remanufacturing all
high-hp locomotives
to EPA emissions
standards
Upgrade to Tier 0, upon
remanufacturing, all
medium hp locomotives
built after 1972
beginning in 2010
Retire from service 130
medium-hp locomotives
built between 1973
and 1999
Actions Taken
New EPA Tier
2 Locomotives
Acquired
High-horsepower
Units Upgrades
to EPA Tier 0 or
Tier 1
Mediumhorsepower
United Upgraded
to EPA Tier 0
Retire 1973-99
era Medium
horsepower Units
Class I
Mainline
Freight
Intercity
Passenger
Commuter
Service
Class I
Mainline
Freight
Intercity
Passenger
Commuter
Service
Class I
Mainline
Freight
Intercity
Passenger
Commuter
Service
60 0 0 105 b 0 2 34 0 26 227
19 0 0 6 c 0 0 0 0 0 25
0 0 0 7 d 0 0 12 0 0 19
21 0 0 50 0 0 34 0 20 125
a 2007 data were revised as per Audit conducted in 2009. Corresponding emissions values were calculated for 2007 and included in the LEM report for
2008.
b Audited from 85 to 105.
c Audited from 92 to 6 due to findings that revealed units reported in 2007 as being upgraded to EPA Tier 0 were, in fact, already at EPA Tier 0 and
recertified to EPA Tier 0 upon remanufacture.
d Audited from 10 to 7.
Of note is that in 2008, 56 high-horsepower locomotives already at Tier 0 were remanufactured with their Tier 0
status being re-certified. As well, 10 were remanufactured retaining their Tier 1 status.
Table 6 shows the progressive number of locomotives meeting Tier 0, Tier 1 or Tier 2 compared to the total number
of freight and passenger train locomotives. In 2008, 46.4 per cent of the line-haul freight and passenger locomotives
met EPA Tier-level emissions standards.
Table 6
Locomotives in Canadian Fleet Meeting U.S. EPA Emissions Limits
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total number of freight train and
passenger train line-haul locomotives a 1,991 2,048 2,069 2,129 2,300 2,363 2,425 2,565 2,390
Number of freight train and passenger
train locomotives meeting U.S. EPA Tier 0,
Tier 1 and Tier 2 emissions limits 80 179 189 634 842 870 956 1,082 b 1,110
a Does not include DMUs, EMUs, RDCs, switchers, slugs, historic or steam locomotives.
b Audited from 1,065 to 1,082
As listed in Appendix B, a total of 84 additional Tier-level locomotives were introduced into the Canadian fleet in
2008 by the Class I and Regional freight railways and GO Transit commuter railway. However, as shown in Table 6,
the net fleet increase over 2007 was 28. This is because 56 Tier-level locomotives listed in the 2007 LEM fleet roster
were removed from service in 2008 for operational and equipment reasons.
A new statistic gathered for this LEM reporting was the number of locomotives equipped with automated anti-idling
systems to minimize unnecessary idling. The total for 2008 was 1,104, which is 39.1 per cent of the in-service fleet.
12 LEM 2008