NETHERLANDS: Tata Steel's Velsen-Noord plant has put into service the first of 10 General Electric 90 tonne Bo-Bo ...

One of Canada’s major railroads recently marked a big first by successfully testing a hydrogen-powered locomotive on one of ...

To learn more about diesel locomotives, read How Diesel and Electric Locomotives Work, written by Jeff Wilson! Understanding brake horsepower: Diesel engines, like all engines, are built to perform a ...

The 1950s and 1960s were a challenging time for the railways and the decisions made then are still felt today.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking the anniversary of its resident Brush Type 4 / British Rail Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive - No. 47105 (D1693).

Railroad operators like to say that trains are greener than trucks when it comes to moving goods, pointing out that one ...

New York Central engineers aboard the train asserted that neither electric nor Diesel-electric locomotives could surpass the rating of the new Twentieth Century engine. Although the new locomotive ...