After Caltrain completed electrifying tracks between San Francisco and San Jose, the agency found itself stuck with now-obsolete rail cars and diesel engines. Working with the U.S. State Department, ...

Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...

Commuters frustrated with scarce service and frequent breakdowns on Long Island Rail Road branches served by diesel engines got some good news Wednesday as the MTA approved a plan to spend nearly $80 ...

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 ...

Add carbon capture to the list of potential ways railroads could reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their fleets of diesel-electric locomotives. Remora, a Michigan-based startup company ...