The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...

Transportation is responsible for one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. While companies have touted electric vehicles and sustainable aviation fuel as ways to cut emissions from air and ...

Written by David Humphrey, Ph.D, Senior Data Scientist, Railinc Corp. RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2020 ISSUE: Railinc’s analysis of the North American diesel-electric locomotive fleet reveals that the size of ...

The 1950s was a vibrant era for Southern Pacific in Lake Charles, a time of transition from steam to diesel power and a hub ...

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 ...

Americans heard the first rumble of a diesel locomotive trekking across the country in May 1936, when the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief passenger train began operating between Los Angeles and ...

The Reading & Northern Railroad’s newly painted Locomotive 1776 offered rides for the first time Friday at the Lehigh Gorge ...

As regional rail volume rises, a new contract extends an order for 200 rail-power units, placed late in 2017 Chicago-based GE Transportation has a new contract to supply 60 diesel locomotives to CN, ...