Green Goat Problems?

[Duo]

Can anyone tell me about the problems that are happening with the Green Goats and other hybrid locomotives?

[SSW9389]

This was covered fairly well on the Railspot list a couple of months ago. There have been battery fires in several Green Goats. All that stored stored electricity (heat) with nowhere to go. The wags called these adventures blackened goat.

[RailCrewDriver]

A few months ago at UP Centennial yard they were having problems with the batteries overheating on the versions they were using.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

Most of what's happening with the Green Goats could come under the heading of what the British call "teething troubles".  As is true with any new or updated technological application, a lot of problems don't get discovered until real-world usage finds them.