Wabtec for example has seen 11% fuel savings by including its FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive (BEL) in a diesel consist (capturing only the braking energy of the BEL itself). Other studies ...

In the transition from steam to battery-powered locomotives, railroad locomotives spent an extended sojourn as diesel-electric haulers. While the diesel engine in a diesel-electric train generates ...

Norfolk Southern aids Souderton’s Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society with a $10,000 grant to restore the Alco S2 No. 611, writes Trains.com. Built in 1948, the No. 611 is the last intact ...

A Wabtec R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotive for New York’s MTA testing on the track in Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New ...

The MTA is expected on Wednesday to approve a $788 million deal to replace its aging fleet of diesel locomotives relied upon by thousands of Long Island commuters, particularly in Suffolk ...

On December 5, a fire broke out at the railway depot in the russian city of Bryansk, as a result of which two mainline diesel locomotives burned down. They provided the logistical needs of the russian ...

As the Indian Railways intensifies its electrification efforts along its network, it is also finding methods to put its soon-to-be-redundant diesel locomotives to good use, by repurposing them for ...

The Federal Government is set to achieve over 60 per cent savings on diesel costs following successfully retrofitting train locomotives to operate on a dual-fuel system. The Minister of ...

The addition of the historic ALCO locomotives (one FPA-4 and one FPB-4) brings the railroad’s total number of locomotives to five, according to a news release. “We are thrilled to welcome ...