They arrived on NJT property on December 13. On November 12, 2009, Bombardier ceremonially handed over the first two completed ALP-46As to New Jersey Transit over at their Kassel plant in Germany. In June 2009, NJT took up an option for a further nine locomotives, and spare parts, at a cost of $72 million. The estimated value of the order was €155 million (approximately $230 million). In February 2008, NJT ordered twenty-seven 125 mph (201 km/h) top speed ALP-46A locomotives from Bombardier, which were to haul Bombardier MultiLevel Coaches. All locomotives were transported via road to the port of Bremen and shipped on Roro-ships of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics to Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, New Jersey. The first two locomotives were built as preseries locomotives for testing-4600 was tested on the TTCI test plant in Pueblo, Colorado, 4601 was sent to Kearny for testing on the NJT network. They were built by Bombardier (formerly ADtranz) at their Kassel, Germany plant. NJT ordered 29 locomotives: the first 24 ALP-46 locomotives in December 1999 and an additional five locomotives in September 2001. These locomotives replaced the ALP-44 locomotives, which were all retired by 2012. New Jersey Transit (NJT) is the only railroad to operate this locomotive model, which is used across the electrified NJT system, specifically on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Morris & Essex, and Montclair-Boonton lines. The Bombardier ALP-46 is an electric locomotive built in Germany by Bombardier between 20 for use in the United States. NJT ALP-46 4615 pulling into Convent Station in New Jersey.Ĥ ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge

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