Green Options » tri rail biodiesel http://greenoptions.com/tag/tri-rail-biodiesel Posts tagged 'tri rail biodiesel' Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Florida Locomotives to Begin Running on Biodiesel http://gas2.org/2008/10/30/florida-locomotives-to-begin-running-on-biodiesel/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/30/florida-locomotives-to-begin-running-on-biodiesel/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:50:30 +0000 Adam Shake http://gas2.org/2008/10/30/florida-locomotives-to-begin-running-on-biodiesel/

Tri-Rail is to start operating 8 of its 10 locomotives on a 99 percent blend of either palm or soil oil biodiesel, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority announced Wednesday.

Thanks to South Florida’s comparatively temperate climate, Tri-Rail is one of the few commuter rail systems in the country that can operate on such a pure blend of bio-fuel.

“The switch to biodiesel fuel has been long in coming,” said Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, Jr., chair of the SFRTA Governing Board. “It follows in the path of Governor Crist’s mission to ‘green’ the state of Florida and we are pleased that the economies and efficiencies have come together to allow us to make this change for the betterment of the environment.”

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