While the documentation of diesel locomotives is extensive, Walter Simpson’s new book brings a fresh perspective to the literature. The book is an excellent primer on diesel locomotives that is ...

McCabe said each locomotive’s battery would hold more than 2 megawatt-hours of energy, about as much as 29 electric car batteries. Tacoma Rail estimates the two short-haul locomotives and ...

Union Pacific announced Friday it will spend $100 million to buy 20 battery-electric engines. It said the investment is "the largest investment in battery-electric technology" by a major railroad.

Following recent news to purchase ten electric locomotives from Wabtec, Union Pacific railroad is purchasing another ten from Progress Rail.

Hamilton said the electric locomotive is backed by dozens of patents and the work of more than 400 Erie-based engineers who have had a hand in the project.

New trains with battery and electric-powered locomotives, the first-ever in North America, will provide New Haven Line service to Penn Station in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said Monday.

The new locomotives, MTA says, are expected to be similar in appearance to those 4,200-horsepower diesel/electric locomotives, known by the model number SC42-DM, which Metro-North unveiled in November ...

FLXdrive, an electric locomotive designed and built in Erie, proved itself in the high desert of California. Is it headed to market soon?

The world’s first electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service is headed to Australia to transport iron ore.