Pink locomotive leaves Texas bound for Australia

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Pink locomotive leaves Texas bound for Australia

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One-of-a-kind pink locomotive leaves Texas bound for Australia
A one-of-a-kind locomotive rolled off the assembly line at Wabtec in North Fort Worth recently and is now bound for Australia where it will join one of the most unique industrial facilities in the world. The new ES44ACi locomotive is designed to operate in the hot climate and harsh mining environment of remote Western Australia. But what makes this locomotive so unusual is that it is painted pink for breast cancer awareness. “It definitely catches the eye. It’s a cool design and helps bring awareness to a pretty major problem,” said Michael Wallace, a final painter at Wabtec...
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