National Railway Equipment

National Railway Equipment Company (reporting mark NREX) is an American railroad equipment rebuilding, leasing, and manufacturing company, headquartered in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. NREC sells new and rebuilt locomotives to railroad companies worldwide, with an emphasis on the North American market.

National Railway Equipment, Co.
TypePrivate
IndustryRailroad
Founded1984
HeadquartersMt. Vernon, Illinois, United States
ProductsLow emission diesel locomotives, Locomotive maintenance & rebuilding
Websitewww.nre.com

N-ViroMotive Series
New NRE 3GS21B locomotives were delivered to the U.S. Army.

NRE's flagship locomotive product is dubbed the N-ViroMotive[1] and is targeted at providing light duty road switcher engines with increased efficiency and decreased air and noise pollution. These locomotives are specifically targeted for yards and other urban environments where noise & exhaust from idling locomotives can become a nuisance. They also fill a market segment for light duty locomotives now largely abandoned by the major builders, GE & Electro-Motive, which have not listed such locomotives in their catalog for nearly 20 years.

N-ViroMotives are newly built as opposed to rebuilt with donor parts. They use a low hood design with up to three diesel gensets that supply current to the traction motors. The current gensets use a 700 horsepower (522 kW) Cummins diesel engine and can be easily swapped in and out for repair or overhaul work. The gensets are computer controlled to switch on and off according to the demands of hauling the load.[2] Trucks are of the EMD standard Blomberg B design.

As of 2009, NREC has sold upwards of 210 N-ViroMotives to many different railroads, including the U.S. Army, with the largest order of 60 being delivered to the Union Pacific which plans to use them in the smog conscious L.A. area.[3]

Model Information
Model designationBuild yearTotal produced[4]AAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower outputImage
N-ViroMotive Series Genset Locomotives
1GS7B2008–Present7B-BCummins QSK19C700 hp (0.52 MW)
2GS14B2005–Present10B-BCummins QSK19C(×2)1,400 hp (1.04 MW)
3GS21B2006–Present181B-BCummins QSK19C(×3)2,100 hp (1.57 MW)
3GS21C2008–Present27C-CCummins QSK19C(×3)2,100 hp (1.57 MW)
2GS36C-DE2011–Present1C-CCummins QSK50L(×2)3,600 hp (2.68 MW)
2GS12B2014–Present4B-BCummins QSK15(×2)1,200 hp (0.89 MW)
Narrow Gauge Locomotives
E3000CC-DC2019–202010C-C (narrow gauge)EMD 16-6453,300 hp (2.46 MW)

Export
DestinationModel designationBuild yearTotal produced[5]AAR wheel arrangementPrime moverPower outputImageNotes
 ArgentinaE-2300[6]20082Co-CoEMD 12-645E3B2,300 hp (1.72 MW)
 AustraliaE-3000E3B2012–Present12Co-CoEMD 16-645E3C3,300 hp (2.46 MW)
 AustraliaAT36-C[7]2005-20109Co-CoEMD 16-645F3B3,800 hp (2.83 MW)Project taken over from Morrison-Knudsen. Manufactured in Australia.
 Australia3GS24C-DE-AU[8]2013–Present2C-CCummins QSK19C (×3)2,400 hp (1.79 MW)Demonstrator units owned by NREC.
 Australia2GS16B-AUmid-20147B-BCummins QSK19C (×2)1,600 hp (1.19 MW)
 BrazilE-3000C[9][10]20072Co-CoEMD 16-645E3C3,300 hp (2.46 MW)
 CameroonE3000C-UN20092Co-CoEMD 16-645E3C3,300 hp (2.46 MW)
 Ivory CoastNRE GT2620156Co-Co[11]

See also

References
  1. "N-Viromotive new locomotive". Archived from the original on 2007-09-01.
  2. "Low-emitting locomotives replace old diesels on Fort Lewis".
  3. "Union Pacific Acquiring 60 New Generation Environmentally Friendly Locomotives for Los Angeles Basin Rail Yards" (Press release). Union Pacific Railroad. February 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  4. NREC Genset Roster
  5. NREC Genset Roster
  6. GT22CW-2 SERIE E2300/2500 DE NREC DE FERROSUR ROCA S.A. (FR)
  7. RL Class
  8. Genset demonstrators delivered
  9. Frota nacional ganha 149 locomotivas
  10. Alcoa 990 000
  11. "NRE locos arrive in Abidjan".
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