First Look: CN’s Dash 9, Transformed
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Wabtec in an Oct. 17 Twitter post wrote: “Last week, execs from @CNRailway visited our Ft. Worth facility to see the 1st of 50 modernized locos to roll off the line. The upgrades increase the locomotive’s lifespan, improve operational efficiencies and reduce emissions. #WabtecFreightServices.” (Photograph Courtesy of Wabtec, via Twitter)
Wabtec earlier this month debuted the first of 50 modernized locomotives for CN at its Fort Worth, Tex., plant.
![“Thanks to Secretary Pete [Buttigieg], USDOT, the Federal Railroad Administration and all our partners for making the S-Line passenger rail a reality!!” NCDOT Secretary Joey Hopkins said in a July 1 LinkedIn post. “Thanks to the hard work of our NCDOT team we broke ground on the first construction project in the Raleigh to Wake Forest segment, a $19M project to grade separate Durant Road 7 months after the grant announcement!!” (Photograph Courtesy of Joey Hopkins)](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slinelead-315x168.png)
