Amtrak began the debut of its new, faster and more energy-efficient locomotives yesterday in Chicago, when one of them pulled the Empire Builder train from Chicago to Seattle. The ACL-42 locomotives ...

Michigan-based Class II Lake State Railway Company (LSRC) is purchasing four EMD® SD70ACeT4 locomotives from Progress Rail, a ...

The first two SC42-DM locomotives are part of a future fleet of 33. Credit: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in the US has revealed new ...

For the first time in a generation, a brand-new locomotive will lead Amtrak’s Empire Builder across the prairies and mountains of Montana. This month, Amtrak began using its newly acquired ALC-42 ...

The MTA is expanding its Metro-North railroad fleet with new battery-powered trains that will run on the New Haven Line with ...

When it comes to improving efficiency and reducing emissions in transportation, often the answer is to take what’s old and replace it with something entirely new, such as buying an electric vehicle.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better ...

Lake State Railway Co., the Michigan regional railroad, today announced that it is purchasing four SD70ACe-T4 locomotives ...

New locomotives that run on electricity and renewable fuels could reduce rail freight emissions by more than half on a typical journey. A £150m investment was made into Class 99 locomotives, which ...

Amtrak is ordering fifty more American-manufactured locomotives to enhance the sustainability and longevity of its National Network, and its long-distance offerings. The new order comes after it ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National ...