Rail technology company Wabtec has demonstrated an electric locomotive that could help lessen the environmental footprint of heavy-haul freight services. The company's battery-powered FLXdrive ...

Going way back in time, in 1966, traction motor power of North American diesel-electric locomotives was far less than that of Soviet Union electric locomotives. For example, individual traction motor ...

There is a reason why rail freight continues to move nearly 40% of North America’s freight per ton-mile – it is efficient with significantly lower emissions. How efficient? Specifically, rail can move ...

BE and H2 locomotive developments remain experimental. With the current White House Administration prioritizing traditional ...

New electric Amtrak trains will reduce traffic jams and save energy, railroad enthusiast Vice President Joe Biden announced last week at 30th Street Station. The trains will start running in the next ...

Following recent news of the purchase of ten electric locomotives from Wabtec, Union Pacific railroad has followed up by purchasing another ten from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Inc. company. Union ...

The famous net-zero CO2 goal, with its 2050 deadline, is shining bright not just for the automotive industry but a wide variety of mobility and transportation sectors via land, air, or water. When it ...

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 ...

Wabtec Corp.'s all electric and battery operated locomotive in Pittsburgh Nate Doughty To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser ...

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced the purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, the first to join its 19,500-mile rail network. The purchase was part of CN’s ...

The Wabtec FLXdrive battery locomotive, designed and built in Erie — and then tested with 13,000 miles worth of trips between Stockton and Barstow, California — is back in Erie. The locomotive was ...