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World's first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul freight locomotive for mainline service Wabtec and its launch customer, Roy Hill, a leading iron ore miner majority owned by Australia's most successful private company,
ERIE, Pa., October 31, 2023--Wabtec and its launch customer, Roy Hill, 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 govern
World’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul freight locomotive for mainline service