http://www.getransportation.com/blog/grove-city-produces-500th-tier-4-locomotive-engine
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From the pictures - it looks like they are talking about the diesel engines themselves - not completed locomotives. Still 500 is quite an accomplishment in such a relatively short time.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
I guess there would have been 30 to 50 test engines prior to production. I wonder if they are counted.
Have they taken orders for 500 locomotives yet?
I think these are the first photos published showing a complete Tier 4 locomotive engine, and it looks a lot like the marine engine for which photos were available. It is easy to see where the hump in the hood comes from, with the turbochargers mounted higher than on a Tier 3 engine.
The size and complexity of the exhaust gas recirculation sytem is also clear.
The fact that it is longer and heavier than the Tier 3 engine isn't obvious.
(Anybody recognise the locomotive in the header -It doesn't look like a current US Domestic unit. South Africa?)
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1355 Tier IV orders booked per their website.
Rumor has it both Erie & Ft. Worth are 'running behind' on sub-assemblies and final assembly.
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