The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...

The Journal column skewered the Air Resources Board’s plan to restrict train pollution by forcing old freight locomotives off the tracks and making rail companies adopt zero-emission technology and ...

Voltify, a start-up, has a bold ambition to convince U.S. Class 1 railroad companies to switch to battery-electric power. Powering locomotives using batteries rather than diesel would save U.S. rail ...

“Buying a locomotive is not like buying a car. The average Class I freight locomotive has a service life of 40 to 50 years. Locomotives are multi-million-dollar investments that only make sense if ...

Fifty years ago, three IBM System 370 mainframes powered a pioneering scheduling system run by the UK’s national rail operator, British Rail. Called Total Operations Processing System (Tops), when it ...