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Business in Vancouver – Nov 24-2014 Article
On the comeback trail with the little engine that can Tractive Power’s mini-locomotive is designed to replace large polluting locomotives from ports and railway yards BY NELSON BENNETT - BIV - November 24, 2014 A B.C. innovator who developed low-emission locomotives only to lose the company he co-founded to bankruptcy in 2009 Frank Donnelly, who co-founded Railpower Technologies Corp., has a new company called Tractive Power Corp. ...
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ModelRailroader Magazine – Dec 2014 Issue Article
ModelRailroader Magazine Article: December 2014 Issue - page 24 By: Jim Hediger | November 14, 2014 PDF of article (208 KB) : DOWNLOAD
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Trains Magazine – Featured Article
Locomotive startup Tractive Power Corp. manufactures three-axle industrial switcher By David Lustig | November 7, 2014 RELATED TOPICS: LOCOMOTIVES | TECHNOLOGY VANCOUVER, British Columbia –
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Second Round of Testing
NOT FOR DISSEMINATION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2014 Update from TractivePower Tractive Power is extremely pleased to announce the successful completion of the second round of testing of its prototype TP56, a 3-Axle Switcher Locomotive. The test was carried out on February the 1st 2014 at TractivePower’s Squamish manufacturing facilities. The TP56 pulled 7 railcars with the brakes applied, producing 50,000 lbs. of tractive effort. This test was conducted ...