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 ...

Two electric locomotives from Innovative Rail Technologies will work the US Steel switching yards at Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson and Clairton plants near Pittsburgh and will save an estimated ...

Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, will develop and test a 1.8MWh battery-electric tender (BET) to power a standard diesel-electric locomotive in a hybrid diesel-battery configuration ...

You might have played with electric trains as a child, but most life-size trains in the United States run on diesel, and the rail sector is far behind the automobile sector in moving to less-polluting ...

Since the second half of the 20th century, four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotives have been used extensively on short lines. The most common are the EMD SW1500 (1,500 hp/1,119 kW), GP9 (1,750 ...

A new kind of electric-powered locomotive designed to handle Canada's harsh winters was unveiled for the first time near Edmonton this week. The zero-emission locomotive, powered by a lithium-ion ...