The powerful but low-emission and fuel-efficient engines are seen as critical to supporting operations along KRC's Naivasha-Kisumu MGR sector well into the future. National economic developmentAccording to Kenya Railways, the advanced Rolls-Royce engines will deliver increased horsepower, enabling the locomotives to handle heavier loads across challenging landscapes with improved fuel and oil economy. The refurbished engines come from a stock of retired locomotives that are more than 40-years-old, which KRC intends to gradually bring back into service. Original Equipment Manufacturers have been working to decarbonise through electrification and making engines that can run on less polluting biofuels. The mtu diesel engines that were installed into KRC’s locomotives, are designed to run on 100 percent heavy fuel oil and biofuels.

Source: Daily Nation November 15, 2024 11:33 UTC