Canadian Class I CN on March 4 launched two commemorative locomotives—moving tributes marking the 250th anniversary of the ...

Two major railroad companies announced this week plans to highlight the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence through their operations. Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National ...

Norfolk Southern and Progress Rail to upgrade 96 DC-traction locomotives to AC, part of a fleet transformation strengthening ...

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern will continue to modernize its locomotive fleet in a deal announced on Monday with Progress Rail, which will convert 96 of the railroad’s SD70M-2 models to AC-traction ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (March 23, 2015) -- The swift, efficient movement of freight and equipment is essential to the Army's mission, whether by air, land or sea. Fort Campbell's railroad operations are a ...

Norfolk Southern (NS) and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, are collaborating to upgrade 96 DC-traction NS locomotives to AC. Deliveries will start in 2027 and be completed in 2029. Each upgrade f ...

SEPTA has unveiled its newest fleet of locomotives that officials say will make mass transit more reliable. The transit agency purchased 15 ACS-64 Siemens locomotives at a cost of more than $100 ...

Freight trains don't get much love, or thought at all, really, from the general public. Most people rarely see them, even fewer put serious thought into what they're up to. But they're out there, and ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- After making most of its locomotives in a century-old plant in Erie, Pa., General Electric has also recently started producing in Texas what it says are the most efficient in the ...

If you've ever driven through Arizona between Tucson and Benson, you might have noticed a strange sight: Nearly 300 yellow Union Pacific locomotives are lined up neatly, end-to-end, on the tracks, ...

General Motors and Wabtec Corp. are partnering to develop and commercialize the automaker's battery and fuel cell technologies for locomotives. The companies have signed a nonbinding memorandum of ...