Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...

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 ...

Amtrak announced Monday that 14 new, environmentally friendly diesel-electric passenger locomotives are now in operation on the Pacific Surfliner route in Southern California. The Siemens Charger ...

On first glance, the hulking locomotive in Union Pacific Railroad's yard near the Port of Oakland looks like any other. But Locomotive 1378 doesn't have any smokestacks -- or the clouds of black smoke ...

Add carbon capture to the list of potential ways railroads could reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their fleets of diesel-electric locomotives. Remora, a Michigan-based startup company ...

According to Indian Railways, two diesel locomotives have been converted to one "permanently coupled 12-axle, electric locomotive" of 10,000 HP. Indian Railways creates history! Indian Railways ...

RITES Limited, a firm under the Ministry of Railways, for the first time will export in-service diesel locomotives to South ...