GE Transportation, a key component of the Infrastructure business of General Electric Company, has strengthened its commitment to the regional mining industry with the delivery of four new GE C24 MMI locomotives to Jordan’s Aqaba Railway Corporation.

The modernised locomotives will help provide reliable and efficient rail service as part of the Jordanian Phosphate Company’s large phosphate mining operations.
Aqaba Railways Corporation already operates a diesel locomotive fleet of 24 units that transport phosphate rock from the mines to the port of Aqaba.
The locomotives were shipped from GE’s manufacturing facility in Contagem, Brazil, and arrived in Jordan recently.
“With these new modernised 12-cylinder locomotives, GE and Aqaba Railway Corporation are helping to deliver raw materials to manufacturers around the world more efficiently and reliably,” says John Dineen, president and CEO of GE’s Transportation business. “These C series locomotives have more hauling ability and meet the US Tier I emissions standards, making them a great fit for markets around the world like South America, Africa and the Middle East.”
Weighing in at 18 tonnes per axle, this set of GE C24 MMI series locomotives provides 2,400 horsepower and features GE’s Brightstar technology. Brightstar is an advanced digital microprocessor system that helps customers maximise fleet capacity by controlling and monitoring all critical locomotive systems, such as temperature, fuel, water, horsepower and more. The self-diagnostic feature of the system can improve troubleshooting, reduce maintenance and minimise road failures, allowing customers to achieve up to 25 per cent more productivity from their locomotive fleet and generate further savings on maintenance and fuel.
“In 2006, Aqaba Railway Corporation transported 2.7 million tonnes of phosphate to its global customers,” said Hussain Krishan, director general ARC.  “With the purchase of these new GE locomotives, we expect our production to increase by 0.7 million tonnes per year.”
GE has been producing and exporting locomotives globally from Brazil for more than 40 years.