KQED: Caltrain Is Sending Its Old Diesel Fleet to Peru. One State Lawmaker Is Not Happy
For Caltrain, its recent deal to sell 19 vintage diesel locomotives and 90 well-used passenger cars to an overseas city that will use them for a badly needed commuter train line is nothing but good news.
Not everyone sees it that way.
State Sen. Dave Cortese (D–San José) said sending the fossil-fuel-burning engines to Peru is just shifting pollution and greenhouse emissions from one place to another and shouldn’t be allowed. To prevent it from happening again, he’s introduced a bill to block similar transfers in the future.