西港创新公司，设计师和制造商的发动机技术上运作自然gasfuel的，已经推出液化天然气（LNG）投标产品的解决方案，为了从加拿大国家铁路四标段。首次招标燃料供应到相邻的天然气动力机车将在2013年第四季度交付。

执行副总裁尼古拉斯·桑塔格说，“有越来越多的共识使用LNG作为燃料机车的巨大潜力，为行业实现这一目标转移到一个更清洁，更便宜，国内现有的燃料，有一个清晰的路径，”西港。“西港LNG招标充分利用我们的主要专长在LNG储罐，低温系统，燃料和天然气交付移动应用程序创建一个产品，将立即帮助铁路，以验证其业务价值的液化天然气（LNG）今天，内置的升级通路的下一代机车未来几年过来。“

LNG在西港LNG招标，而不是简单地替换现有机车柴油机油箱，提供了许多优点：

• 超过10,000加仑液化天然气产能提供更长的范围比内燃机车，减少液化天然气基础设施和加油加油站的必要性
• 智能加油控制将允许投标供应燃料，天然气机车从几乎任何制造商，在不同的专有的燃料供应解决方案降低运营的复杂性和投资
• 每项投标可以支持两个机车，减少所需的资本投资移动到LNG
• 利用行业标准的车辆设计和40'，最大限度地减少成本，并允许生产量迅速增加，作为行业迁移到LNG的LNG ISO罐

CN提供液化天然气的运输解决方案，使得它自然为我们的合作伙伴正在测试天然气机车和西港的经验，说：“CN副总裁格里·韦伯，供应，舰队和燃料管理。“这些招标将立即使用双燃料机车主线服务，允许CN继续探索这项技术为手段，以促进公司的可持续发展议程，并改善环境排放。”

西港合作与INOXCVA，低温运输设备的制造商，这些招标。已签订一项协议，低温系统，能够快速满足铁路行业短期内需求Westport和INOXCVA的。

韦斯特波特还与卡特彼勒公司合作，自2012年6月共同开发天然气技术的卡特彼勒产品，包括新一代的机车。

第一高压直喷（HPDI）机车将被证明在2014年通过一个财团由加拿大可持续技术发展计划资助，加拿大国家铁路，电动力柴油（EMD，卡特彼勒公司的子公司Progress Rail服务，合作） ，嘎斯地铁。卡特彼勒和Westport相结合的技术和专业知识，包括西港HPDI技术和卡特彼勒公司的行业领先的越野发动机和机器的产品技术，来开发这些新的天然气产品。商业化生产，预计在2017年的HPDI机车由EMD。

Westport Innovations Inc., a designer and manufacturer of engine technology that operates on natural gasfuel, has launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tender product solution with an order for four tenders from Canadian National Railway. The first tender to supply fuel to an adjacent natural-gas powered locomotive will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2013.

“There is growing consensus around the enormous potential of using LNG as a fuel for locomotives and there is a clear path for the industry to achieve this shift to a cleaner, cheaper and domestically available fuel,” said Nicholas Sonntag, Executive Vice-President at Westport. “The Westport LNG Tender leverages our substantial expertise in LNG storage, cryogenic systems, and natural gas fuel delivery for mobile applications to create a product that will immediately help railroads to validate the value of LNG in their operations today, with a built-in upgrade pathway to the next-generation locomotives coming over the next few years.”

Putting the LNG on a Westport LNG Tender, rather than simply replacing the diesel fuel tanks on existing locomotives, offers a number of advantages:

• More than 10,000 gallons LNG capacity—provides longer range than a diesel locomotive, reducing the need for LNG refuelling infrastructure and refuelling stops
• Intelligent fueling controls will allow tenders to supply fuel to natural gas locomotives from virtually any manufacturer, reducing operational complexity and investment in different proprietary fuel supply solutions
• Each tender can support two locomotives, reducing the capital investment required to move to LNG
• Utilizes an industry standard vehicle design and 40′ LNG ISO tank, which minimizes cost and will allow production volumes to be rapidly increased as the industry migrates to LNG

“CN is testing natural gas locomotives and Westport’s experience in providing LNG solutions for transportation makes it the natural partner for us,” said Gerry Weber, CN Vice-President Supply, Fleet and Fuel Management. “These tenders will be used immediately with our dual fuel locomotives in mainline service, allowing CN to continue to explore this technology as a means to advance the company’s sustainability agenda and improve environmental emissions.”

Westport is collaborating with INOXCVA, a manufacturer of cryogenic transportation equipment, on these tenders. Westport and INOXCVA have entered into an agreement for cryogenic systems to be able to rapidly meet the near-term demand in the rail industry.

Westport has also been collaborating with Caterpillar Inc. since June 2012 to co-develop natural gas technology for Caterpillar products, including the next generation of locomotives.

The first high pressure direct injection (HPDI) locomotive will be demonstrated in 2014 through a consortium program funded by Sustainable Technology Development Canada in partnership with Canadian National Railway, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD, a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar company), and Gaz Metro. Caterpillar and Westport are combining technologies and expertise, including Westport™ HPDI technology and Caterpillar’s industry leading off-road engine and machine product technology, to develop these new natural gas products. Commercial production of HPDI locomotives by EMD is expected in 2017.