NJ Transit is spending $2.7 billion to retire all its old trains, which will increase reliability for riders by 2031.

The Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association will be the sponsoring agency for fundraising to purchase and move the ...

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 ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific and rail technology firm ZTR have concluded the first portion of the pilot program ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Contributor If you grew up around here, you likely learned a bit about steam locomotives during Pacific Northwest History class in high school. Since at least the 1890s, the ...

Prospective buyers interested in the “gently used” 135-ton diesel locomotives posted on the Caltrain website are out of luck since the Bay Area transit agency finalized the sale. Caltrain is ...

Caltrain has opened an online store with the hope of auctioning off 20 retired diesel locomotives that can be repurposed as a brewery, store, community center or cozy home. An opening bid for the ...

And soon electric locomotives will be added to the mix. The old diesel locomotives we used for decades were really dirty, spewing carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas), nitrogen oxides (contributing ...