When it comes to improving efficiency and reducing emissions in transportation, often the answer is to take what’s old and replace it with something entirely new, such as buying an electric vehicle.

You might have played with electric trains as a child, but most life-size trains in the United States run on diesel, and the rail sector is far behind the automobile sector in moving to less-polluting ...

SUISUN CITY, Calif. - The Western Railway Museum is currently evaluating Kennecott Copper No. 407, a rare GE 125-ton center cab electric locomotive, to ascertain if it can be returned to operation.

Amtrak is retiring the AEM-7 electric locomotives that have carried passengers along the Northeast Corridor for 37 years. The trains have traveled more than 220 million miles between Washington, D.C., ...

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The locomotive market is in a state of flux with numerous options in multiple stages of design and test. Apologies for the all-too-obvious wordplays, but the market for ...

Caterpillar is putting that century-old design to work in its heaviest tracked dozer yet – and the efficiency gains are incredible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NJ Transit's ALP-45 locomotive is an example of dual-mode power. (Photo: Stuart Chirls/FreightWaves) The agency that oversees the ...

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 ...