Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Americans heard the first rumble of a diesel locomotive trekking across the country in May 1936, when the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief passenger train began operating between Los Angeles and ...

(The Center Square) - California is sending a fleet of its recently retired diesel passenger trains to Peru, having recently electrified the line the trains were on. This comes as the state is seeking ...