Digital electronics have swept the locomotive cabinet. Component testing is brutal and varied for the myriad harsh environments a locomotive encounters. Hybrid engine technology is on the short-term ...

Four Union Pacific (UP) locomotives in California are now running on 100% biomass-based fuel, the Class I railroad reported July 14. UP said it is the first time its locomotives have been powered ...

Argonne scientists will test bio- and renewable diesel fuel on a locomotive combustion test engine. In response to sustainability goals, the freight rail industry is working to boost the use of ...

For the ECO line, Progress Rail and NSC have collaborated to repower 50 locomotives, since 2008. Credit: Norfolk Southern Corp. Caterpillar Company’s Progress Rail has teamed up with Norfolk Southern ...

Though locomotive-diesel-electric technology has been around for the better part of a century, nothing sits on the immediate horizon that will displace it for hauling freight and passenger trains in ...