Comments on: American Railroads to U.S.: All Right, I'm Ready for My Sustainable Green Jobs Closeup http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/american-railroads-to-u-s-all-right-im-ready-for-my-sustainable-green-jobs-closeup/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Daniel Jacobson http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/american-railroads-to-u-s-all-right-im-ready-for-my-sustainable-green-jobs-closeup/#comment-9828 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:46:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12775#comment-9828 Not that many decades ago, we had a very fuel and time efficient rail system that even moved mail, freight and passengers.

It may be the right time revitalize rail, for both social and environmental reasons.

]]> By: Tom Lange http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/13/american-railroads-to-u-s-all-right-im-ready-for-my-sustainable-green-jobs-closeup/#comment-9827 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:27:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12775#comment-9827 Thanks for your article focusing on the Genset, a technology pioneered by Union Pacific Railroad and introduced in 2002. Gensets reduce NOx by up to 80 percent, particulate matter by up to 90 percent and use up to 37 percent less fuel than older switching locomotives. With more than 160 Gensets in its fleet, UP has about half the worldwide Genset fleet.

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