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Credit to all. Title: EGTS/EGFTC/EGPRO June fleet update. As of June 7th of 2026, all of the fleet updates have been done. - The battery retrofits? Done! - The renovations? Done! - The introduction of new trains? Done! That means all trains I mentioned are now in service and the last train to be put into service is the SPT G2 MSHT (AGC dual-mode and dual-voltage 1500 V DC and 25 kV AC both overhead) number 597/598 (299th out of 300 units, electro-diesel version, put in service in Dec. 2012) after 120 kWh battery retrofit which occured on June 7th of 2026. The last brand new train to be put into service is the STK EFRegio/IC 200K 8C EMU (New Stadler KISS) number 011/012 (6th unit, put in service on June 7th of 2026). The last modernized train to be put into service is the "TGV Atlantique Reborn" number 011/012 (6th unit, put in service on June 6th of 2026). EGPRO-branded total fleet: 75 trains. EGPRO fleet + EGTS and EGFTC fleets combined: Over 7350 trains. Note: All batteries mentioned here use LTO technology because it's safer than li-ion and more adapted to harsh cycles and every hybrid train with diesel engines almost always use non-fossil fuels, the most common one is a blend of 96 % HVO100 and 4 % B100. EGTS and EGFTC began using it as an experiment in about 2005-2006. The results were successful and it's usage became widespread to the whole freight & passenger fleets by 2010 and BSIR adopted that exact same fuel in 2010 too. And the engine models which are "B100 ready" or "HVO100 ready" can use pure B100 and/or HVO100 as well as the blend of course. And every CNG engine of EGTS/EGFTC/EGPRO runs on bioCNG since around 2005. And the hydrogen fuel cells runs on H2 produced by renewable electricity since late 2001. Also, the bio-fuels (biodiesels, bioCNG) are produced in a eco-friendly way since their introduction, thanks to organic farming and more things. And since October 2005, all EGTS/EGFTC/EGPRO trains with combustion engines are multi-mode hybrids, meaning whenever there is the correct electric power source available, they raise the pantograph or deploy the third rail shoe which connects them to the electrical grid and allows them to shut the engines down. That's why rail transport in Ernesto County is incredibly low carbon, except BNSF has a rail line which passes through downtown EG and although, EGTS, EGFTC and the local authorities (El Garcia council) decided to slap in a 25 kV electrification in 2003, BSNF still run fossil diesel trains. The result? The authorities are taxing BNSF since 2004 for nitrous oxide (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) pollution as well as high CO2 emissions, forcing them to use their newest locos on this route to help reduce the taxes. BNSF is the most common example of "burning diesel under the wire" case. However, the road transport is still the number one PM, NOx and CO2 emitter in El Garcia and the rest of the county, with the least worst being the buses and the worst being SUV's and pick-up trucks, especially the ones driven by stupid Darrens and Karens in the cities on like 5 kilometers or something just to take their kids to school or go to the "Dollar Tree" store.
