Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern currently have more than 2,300 locomotives in storage and anticipate, at least initially, ...

The North Shore Railroad Co., operator of six Pennsylvania short lines, has introduced a new paint scheme for SW1500 No. 2238 ...

BNSF Railway will dramatically increase its track inspection capabilities early next year with the systemwide deployment of locomotive-based sensors that analyze track geometry while pulling trains in ...

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2023 ISSUE: In the diesel-electric era, it’s unprecedented: It looks as though we will see three consecutive years with no new locomotives built for the North American market. This ...

President Joe Biden really loves trains. Like, really loves trains. So it’s no surprise he was smiling broadly while announcing Union Pacific’s new purchase of 20 battery-powered locomotives in a ...

If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

A vintage Reading Railroad locomotive is under restoration by a nonprofit group dedicated to preservation of railroad history. Locomotive No. 2100, modified in the Reading shops in 1945, is undergoing ...

The state of California is planning to make all its passenger rail 100% emissions-free by 2035. A prototype HFC (hydrogen fuel cell) trainset, the Stadler FLIRT H2, has been tested and will begin ...

The MBTA’s board of directors voted Thursday to spend roughly $253 million to overhaul 40 diesel commuter rail locomotives ...

Darien-based railroad freight operator Genesee & Wyoming has acquired 69 pre-owned locomotives for six of its subsidiaries, including Connecticut Southern Railroad, the company announced Tuesday.

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