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 ...

Locomotives that run on diesel can be electrified. This would both cut CO 2 emissions and significantly reduce overall energy consumption, according to a new study. Researchers at SINTEF have now ...

Two electric locomotives from Innovative Rail Technologies will work the US Steel switching yards at Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson and Clairton plants near Pittsburgh and will save an estimated ...

The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...

You might have played with electric trains as a child, but most life-size trains in the United States run on diesel, and the rail sector is far behind the automobile sector in moving to less-polluting ...

Here we round up the 10 fastest diesel locomotives ever.

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Midwest Terminals in Toledo reconfigured a diesel locomotive from the 1950s into a 100% battery-powered locomotive. This is the first of its kind within the United States. The ...

The two new electric locomotives will save 40,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year and emit no CO2. U.S. Steel unveiled a new battery-powered locomotive for its Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh on ...

A new company is looking to take a different path to reducing emissions from diesel-powered trucks through electrification instead of pure battery-electric or hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) technologies.