GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Co., announced that the China Mainline Locomotive, or CML, would be delivered around August 30, 2008, to the Tianjin Port in Tianjin, China.
The company said that Locomotive "CML 50001" is the first of three hundred 6 thousand-horsepower Evolution Series China Mainline Locomotives being delivered to the Ministry of Railways P.R. China.
The company stated that with a peak output of 6,250-horsepower, the engine offers 40% more power at 30% less weight than Evolution Series locomotives currently utilized in North America. Further, the lighter weight design increases the eco-friendly properties of the locomotive.
