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Watco battery locomotive conversion
Conversion of eight locomotives to battery power on Watco short lines, part funded by CRISI
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- Buyer
- Watco Companies (US railroads and terminals)
- Where
- Kansas · Topeka
- Segments
- Rolling stock
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware
- Status
- Planned — Watco holds a 2023 CRISI selection; no grant agreement was found.
- Value band
- $5–25m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Crisi announcement October 2023
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2 sources · 1 primary
- ○ WIBW: Two Kansas railroad companies awarded $47 million in federal funding · Television report of the Governor's 3 October 2023 announcement of CRISI awards of up to $15,740,943 to Watco (eight battery locomotives, 20% match) and up to $31,225,484 to the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Neodesha Subdivision (about 37 miles of track; KDOT and SKOL 20% match). Secondary because the Governor's release returns 403 (published 2023-10-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Watco newsroom · Watco's news index (Watco is the parent of the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad); page loads, no SKOL award notice was found on it this run (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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