NS: Exploring Fuel Alternatives
Jan 5, 2016 8:05 AM ET
![NS 999 battery-powered locomotive](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/999.jpg)
While working to reduce the environmental impact of diesel-burning locomotives, Norfolk Southern is exploring greener alternative fuel sources. The company has developed a prototype battery-powered switcher locomotive and in 2015 hopes to begin testing a prototype locomotive that runs on compressed natural gas.
Learn more at http://nssustainability.com/conservation/alternative.php