It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

Norfolk Southern has ordered 40 new locomotives from Wabtec, marking its first new locomotive purchase since 2022. Delivery of the six-axle, AC-powered diesel-electric locomotives is expected in the ...

(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...

The MTA signed off on a $386 million hybrid locomotive order by tacking it onto an existing deal, continuing a pattern of ballooning contract modifications on the taxpayers’ dime that dodge public ...

Freshly painted SD40-2 #1776 sits on the track at Jim Thorpe Yard next to the usual power for the Pittston excursions, GP38-2 #2023. PORT CLINTON — Newly painted SD40-2 diesel locomotive #1776 is ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a $4.2 billion commercial deal between the government of Kazakhstan and U.S.-based Wabtec Corporation, which makes locomotives. The deal, ...

The Charger B+AC locomotive is built on the Charger platform, which has sold over 400 units across North America. Credit: ChicagoPhotographer/Shutterstock. Siemens ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

An original Reading Railroad locomotive may soon be back on the tracks. After more than a decade of work, a project to restore Locomotive No. 2100 is wrapping up, according to representatives of ...

The NJ Transit railway shut down at midnight on Friday after more than 450 locomotive engineers voted to strike after failing to agree on wages. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ...

CN anticipates this initiative to further progress hybrid locomotive technology. Credit: Svetlana123/Shutterstock. Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a ...