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Amtrak has awarded an $850 million contract to Siemens Mobility for 75 diesel locomotives as part of the railroad’s plan to replace its aging national network fleet.The initial 75 Charger units will be used primarily on Amtrak’s long-distance services, with options to purchase more units for use on some state-supported routes and to support future growth, Amtrak officials said in a press release."These new locomotives will offer increased reliability, more hauling power, improved safety features and lower emissions," said Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson.The new units will replace primarily Amtrak’s aging P40 and P42 locomotives, some of which have been in service for more than 25 years. The units will be manufactured at Siemens plant in Sacramento, California. Safety system features on the locomotives will include crash energy management and positive train control. Capable of reaching speeds of 125 mph, the units will have 16-cylinder Cummins QSK95 diesel engines with modern control systems and alternating current propulsion.The engines will be equipped with the latest Tier 4 emissions technology, which is designed to reduce nitrogen oxide by more than 89 percent and particulate matter by 95 percent. In addition, the engines will provide an average of 10 percent savings in diesel fuel consumption, Amtrak officials said.The units will be delivered starting in summer 2021 and will begin entering service in fall 2021. They will power trains used on the following routes: Auto Train, California Zephyr, Capitol Limited, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight, Crescent, Empire Builder, Lake Shore Limited, Palmetto, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle.All locomotives are expected to be in service by 2024. Maintenance of the units will be supported by a supplemental multiyear technical support spares supply agreement.Amtrak will pay for the new locomotives with available funds, railroad officials said.

Now, I can already hear you complaining that, hey, my new car has a touchscreen, or a heads-up display. Surely no car from the 1980s had that.

“When Ford stepped in they basically flattened that,” Hall told me. “The RX-8 was the basic idea, but adapted to use FD [RX-7] components. The big V12 used the FD’s front and rear suspension and that was it.”

The GPS array has been up and running in some form ever since. In 2009, as Fricker and Tulaczyk’s initial project was winding down, it was inherited into the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project, and expanded to 23 stations.

To protect yourself, users should only download apps from Google and Apple’s official stores. Also, make sure your operating system is up to date.

December 26, 2018 at 11:20 am | Lake County Leader U.S. Marine Corps League, Detachment 1041 out of Polson, has completed its 2018 Toys for Tots drive in Sanders County. Detachment coordinator Mauri Morin and his wife Barbara — and other volunteers …

Manufacturers work to assemble components and materials into a finished product. The manufacturing process begins with the product design and specific materials from which the product is made. These materials are then modified through manufacturing processes to become the required final product.

Is there a rule that all roadside cafes have to be named after animals? The Perky Pukeko, The Spotted Dog, The Triple Nipple Lactose Intolerant Horny Hippo …

Diving into AI was Mike Branch, Vice President, Data & Analytics at Geotab. He explained how Google Duplex can be of added value to Geotab, especially in a concept called Smart City Insight. Sensor Data combined with ‘BigQuery’ and AI allows you to predict dangerous driving, hyper local weather down to 500 ft, vehicle movement and traffic patterns.

Other consumer trends that might be on the horizon for senior living include robotic chefs, automated grab-and-go ordering and touchscreen kiosk ordering — as SCOPOS’ Teleguz imagined during this year’s Senior Housing News Dished event in Chicago.

At first the search was conducted in an area around the Key Apartments. Soon the perimeter widened over and over again, spiraling out as more hands became involved.

In 2004, police checked the basement of a home formerly occupied by Vansice, but said the search yielded no new information.