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Paul Jensen

LNG Road Locomotive GM-EMD SD40-2 # 7149

Scott Jensen

ECI started to develop natural gas and dual fuel technology in 1985 and has worked on over 80 projects, mostly dealing with liquefied gas, with BNSF.
In 2000, they completed a project creating a 100% compressed natural gas system for the Napa Valley Wine Train.
ECI recently finished a project for a mountain railroad in Peru where they implemented a GE dual fuel engine which replaces about 50% of the diesel fuel with natural gas. The system is a single engine that runs on two modes – all diesel or dual diesel and natural gas. For the Peruvian railroad, about the project was mostly about saving a lot of money from fuel cost savings; clean air was an added benefit. They expect to pay for the whole project within a year from decreased fuel costs. It was noted that this type of technology is best applied for switching locomotives and short runs, as was the case in Peru.

Ready for scheduling, ECI has Economizer conversion systems ready for Peru, Brazil and UK. Peru will be the first locomotive to operate with a Economizer system while both UK and Brazil expect to operate Cummins KTA 50 generator sets.

The GM-EMD SD40-2  BN7890  The first of two fully-rated natural gas powered locomotive in commercial service. On June 18, 2005  Peru's Vice-President David Waisman visited Ferrocarril Central Andino, to launch its first diesel loco converted to operate on compressed natural gas. Unveiling two new 3 900 hp GE locos at the same event, FCAPresident Juan de Dios Olaechea said the railway's entire loco fleet would be converted to CNG within six months.

Rig 801, Gas Drilling Rig shown under construction at the docks in Louisiana. Currently in service off the coast of Trinidad for Sundowner Offshore, the Rig is powered by three EMD 12 cylinder 645s fully equipped with ECI dual fuel hardware. The ECI system allows the rig to run on well head natural gas, which saves the company $4000 (U.S.) per day in fuel cost savings alone.

ECI test cell at facilities in Tacoma, Washington. EMD 645, 8-cylinder turbo charged test cell, complete with electronic monitoring and data acquisition . ECI's EMD 710 16-cylinder turbo charged unit at test facilities in Tacoma.