The Capitol Corridor train service is now running “clean” trains between Oakland and the Capitol City. They also have plans for more “clean trains”.
Locomotive 2015 is the first train in the line to get a $900,000 retrofit. A large amount of pollution has been eliminated from its massive diesel engine. The locomotive will operate on the Capitol Corridor line between Sacramento and the Bay Area.
Jack Broadbent the executive officer of the bay Area Air Quality management District says this locomotive could set the standard.
“They are very large sources of diesel particulate, which is a known human carcinogen,” said Broadbent. “They operate in and around some communities like West Oakland, where we have elevated levels of diesel particulate already.”
There are plans for 6 more trains to be retrofitted. Broadbent says money from the state and federal governments has already been allocated. The hope is at some point the entire fleet will be retrofitted.
