The T says it’s making progress toward cleaner commuter rail. Transit advocates question whether its latest purchase gets it there.

You may be surprised to learn that, when you look at a massive, modern locomotive hauling miles of freight, you are looking at an electric vehicle. Contemporary locomotives have huge electric traction ...

We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

A modern diesel-electric freight locomotive can generate more than 50 tons of pulling force, yet its smooth steel wheels grip equally smooth steel rails through contact patches roughly the size of a ...

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 ...

DHAKA, Oct 7, 2026 (BSS) - The government has undertaken a Taka 2,769.86 crore project to procure 30 new meter-gauge diesel-electric locomotives for Bangladesh Railway, aiming to replace ageing ...

MTA Metro-North Railroad will expand its rail-car fleet will with battery- and electric-powered passenger locomotives that will provide service into Penn Station in New York City and four additional ...

The train that earned the title of "The Diesel That Did It" was the Electro-Motive "F-unit." Its primary mission was to haul freight, which is what the "F" stood for — even though it was also ...