Wabtec manufactured the locomotives at its Erie, Pennsylvania facility and delivered the first units in May and June 2024. The locomotives then underwent testing on the New York City Transit (NYCT) ...

USA: New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved the operation of battery-diesel hybrid locomotives ordered from Wabtec to haul maintenance trains on the Subway network. The R255 ...

The R255 will reduce diesel emissions by using battery power while conducting work in NYCT tunnels. The R255 can reduce, and under some circumstances eliminate, fuel emissions during subway ...