Vale SA

• July 28, 2020
• Locomotives

Progress Rail Develops Battery-Powered Switcher With Vale

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has developed a new battery-powered switcher locomotive, the EMD® Joule, working in collaboration with its South American customer Vale. Progress Rail anticipates global availability of the new switcher locomotive in early 2021.

• June 07, 2017
• C&S/IT

Vale, GE make Brazilian connection

Brazil’s Vale and GE Transportation have entered into an agreement to install GE’s Trip Optimizer on nearly 114 Vale locomotives in operation across Brazil.