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August 20, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Public Transportation Energy Consumption and Environmental Benefit Statistics  

Locomotive Exhaust Emission Standards

TABLE 70

YEAR BUILT

GASEOUS & PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
(Grams/Brake Horsepower-hour)

SMOKE STANDARDS
(Per cent Opacity--Normalized)

DUTY CYCLE

HYDRO-
CARBONS

CARBON
MONOXIDE

NITROGEN
OXIDES

PARTICULATE MATTER

STEADY
STATE

30-SECOND
PEAK

3-SECOND
PEAK

1973-2001

Line-haul

1.00

5.0

9.5

0.60

30

40

50

Switch

2.10

8.0

14.0

0.72

2002-2004

Line-haul

0.55

2.2

7.4

0.45

25

40

50

Switch

1.20

2.5

11.0

0.54

2005+

Line-haul

0.30

1.5

5.5

0.20

20

40

50

Switch

0.60

2.4

8.1

0.24

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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