When diesels entered the scene, a labor agreement from 1937 required locomotives weighing 45 tons (90,000 pounds) or more to ...

CPKC will receive some much-needed motive power help starting next year in the form of a 170-unit order of new General ...

Burlington Route diesel locomotives showed a strong loyalty to Electro-Motive Division, located in the online community of LaGrange, Ill. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was a diesel pioneer with its ...

The new line of Acela trains are set to run on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor once they have passed pre-revenue testing and received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration, according to ...

After more than a decade of planning and years of tests, Amtrak's high-speed, next-generation Acela trains are finally set to enter service early next year. The new Acela trains should enter revenue ...

The trains, which did 900 test runs between January and August, are expected to start commercial service on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line next spring. [Photo: Amtrak] They’re designed to be ...

Vande Bharat sleeper trains update: The first prototype of the Vande Bharat Sleeper trainset has been manufactured and will undergo field trials, informed Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to ...

Are trains running today? Which train lines and services are affected by the communication fault? When will the fault be fixed? Everything we know so far, explained. This morning (Friday ...

With civilian flights to Ukraine suspended for security reasons, trains have become the primary mode of travel in the war-torn nation. Over the past two and a half years, millions of Ukrainians ...

Southern Pacific approached EMD looking for a locomotive that would address overheating issues at high altitudes and in tunnels and snowsheds. The diesel builder came back with the SD45T-2 tunnel ...

The move is to secure new opportunities for the owning group, the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society. 34081 has been owned by the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society since 1973, when they purchased ...

There are defunct energy plants -- particularly coal plants -- that can be makeshift power substations for the trains coming in from the solar or wind farms. Then, the trains can power up in ...