New technology is cleaning up the familiar puffs of smoke emitted by diesel locomotives and, more important, dramatically reducing emissions of invisible pollutants. Officials of BNSF Railway are ...

Progress Rail (a Caterpillar Company) announced on Sept. 23 that it is supplying up to four EMD® Joule battery electric locomotives to BNSF Railway (BNSF). Supported in part by grant funding, the ...

You gotta start somewhere. In this case, it’s the BNSF switchyard in Richmond, where the Richmond Pacific Railroad is testing the nation’s first “Tier 4” switch engine for certification. Tier 4 is a ...

BISMARCK - As a North Dakota company prepares to fire up the state's first production facility for liquefied natural gas, the nation's largest railroad is pursuing a switch from diesel-powered to ...

A battery-powered locomotive, second from right, helps pull a BNSF train in California from Barstow to Stockton in a test this year. (TNS) — Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American ...