For decades, Americans all over the country have taken rides in trains pulled by a legend and perhaps didn’t even know it.

Caterpillar Inc. on Aug. 31 marked the 100th anniversary of EMD®. Founded as Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation, EMD is now a product brand of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company.

Built for Southern Railway, the high-hood diesel spent decades hauling freight before moving to Colebrookdale Railroad.

The assembly halls were known simply as LaGrange – EMC’s mailing address, as McCook had no post office – the birthplace of the legendary bulldog-nosed F series locomotives that ushered in ...

Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), which established a joint venture with distribution group Barloworld this month, is planning to build rail locomotives in South Africa.

Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said Tuesday that it agreed to buy locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. of La Grange for $820 mi… ...

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When EMD were unable to provide a suitable locomotive, Freightliner approached GE instead. “They were keen to work with us to develop something for the UK market,” said Mr Shakerley.

Southern California regional rail authority Metrolink has unveiled the first F125 Spirit diesel locomotive being built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) at its manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, US.