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 ...

The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...

If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority announced it has ordered seven new Charger diesel-electric locomotives ...

The MTA signed off on a $386 million hybrid locomotive order by tacking it onto an existing deal, continuing a pattern of ballooning contract modifications on the taxpayers’ dime that dodge public ...

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 ...

SPENCER — Train enthusiasts young and old were allowed to man the controls to an old diesel locomotive on Saturday as part of the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s “At the Throttle Diesel” event.

Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...

Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a ...

North Little Rock, Ark.-based Hilliard Enterprises, Inc. (HEI) is acquiring Hot Springs, Ark.-based Specialized Diesel Parts, Inc. (SDP), which offers new aftermarket components for the rail, marine ...

Wabtec dominates freight locomotives with recurring aftermarket services, plus Transit growth and a $25B backlog. Read here ...