From a NJ Transit press release:
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NJ TRANSIT APPROVES PURCHASE OF NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
Nine additional locomotives boost total order to 36 to better serve high-capacity multilevel rail cars
June 10, 2009
NJT-09-056
NEWARK**, NJ** — The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors today approved the purchase of nine additional electric locomotives—for a total order of 36—that will provide better acceleration and reliability while pulling the agency’s growing fleet of multilevel rail cars.
“The new electric locomotives are a cost-effective way of enabling NJ TRANSIT to modernize its fleet and meet growing ridership needs,” said Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman Stephen Dilts.