PEORIA, Ill. — Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its Alabama-based railroad service unit will spend $820 million cash to acquire locomotive maker Electro-Motive Diesel. Caterpillar says that ...

Caterpillar's Progress Rail to close London, Ont. plant Decision follows unsuccessful CAW negotiations Plant employs more than 400 hourly workers Feb 3 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc plans to close its ...

Locomotives powered by electricity have been around for over a century, with rail lines like the now-defunct Pennsylvania Rail Road starting electric operations as early as 1905. However, the average ...

The aim is to showcase the hydrogen fuel’s viability and performance by checking if it can be utilised as an alternative to traditional fuels for line-haul rail. Credit: Shelley Pauls on Unsplash.

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), and Chevron have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the demonstration of a locomotive powered by hydrogen fuel ...

(Reuters) -Union Pacific Corp plans to buy 10 battery locomotives from Caterpillar Inc, Caterpillar Chief Financial Officer Andrew Bonfield said on Friday, as the rail company moves away from diesel ...

Following recent news of the purchase of ten electric locomotives from Wabtec, Union Pacific railroad has followed up by purchasing another ten from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Inc. company. Union ...

BNSF, Caterpillar, Inc. and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. have teamed on a locomotive pilot to “confirm the feasibility and performance of hydrogen fuel for use as a viable alternative to traditional fuels for ...

Canadian railway CN is delving into two sustainability initiatives that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a locomotive's power sources. The acquisition was awarded financial support via the ...