Modernizing our country's rail system, if done right, can create thousands of family-sustaining jobs. Some of those jobs would manufacture cleaner, safer green locomotives, the future of rail ...

In 2005, the ‘Green Goat’ Locomotive, delivered by the Ganada Railway Power Technology Company, was the first hybrid locomotive in the world. Because of its excellent energy saving and emission ...

Locomotives that run on diesel can be electrified. This would both cut CO 2 emissions and significantly reduce overall energy consumption, according to a new study. Researchers at SINTEF have now ...

A historic Carlisle rail depot will get a new 140m canopy to store main line steam engines, preserving railway heritage and ...

Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...

We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 30 (Reuters) - South African state-owned transport group Transnet has selected U.S-based Electro-Motive Diesel Inc (EMD) to provide it with 212 diesel locomotives under a 78 billion ...

Wabtec Corp., the owner of the former GE Transportation plant in Erie, has picked up another order for its newest product, the FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive. The company's last order, placed in ...

One of the Isle of Wight's most iconic diesel locomotives has returned home after 27 years.