World’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul freight locomotive for mainline service
ERIE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wabtec and its launch customer,
a leading iron ore miner majority owned by Australia’s most successful private company, Hancock Prospecting, celebrated the debut of the FLXdrive battery locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service. The ceremony unveiled the unique, striking pink-colored locomotive at Wabtec’s design and development center in Pennsylvania in front of employees, customer executives, and government and community officials.
