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 ...

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 ...

CSX is transitioning more diesel-electric locomotives to hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) power at its Huntington Locomotive Shop in West Virginia. Meanwhile, Union Pacific (UP) and locomotive control systems ...

A new battery-powered locomotive designed to take on the frigid temperatures found in Canada was shown off at a railyard in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- U.S. Steel says a battery-powered locomotive will improve air quality in the Mon Valley. Before a group of steelworkers, elected officials and friends in the Mon Valley, U.S.

Wabtec’s FLXdrive Heavy Haul locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service, is headed to Australia to transport iron ore. Iron ore mining company Roy ...

A substantial portion of the half-million school buses in the United States are “highly polluting old diesel vehicles,” the researchers write. Switching to electric school buses could yield ...