The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference offers a presentation focused on rapidly evolving hydrogen-powered locomotive initiatives for main line freight rail ...

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 ...

The 20+ PCBs on board diesel locomotives survive a very tough combination of functional and environmental testing before they leave the roundhouse. Like automobiles, locomotives have become high-tech ...

When it comes to improving efficiency and reducing emissions in transportation, often the answer is to take what’s old and replace it with something entirely new, such as buying an electric vehicle.

The Union Pacific Railroad built a hybrid battery-electric prototype locomotive at its North Little Rock facility, and testing is set to begin this month, the company announced earlier this week.

European passenger trains are starting to transition to hydrogen power. But in North America, it’s a Canadian freight railway leading the way. Here’s the state of the hydrogen locomotive opportunity, ...

With no discussion the members of the Los Angeles City Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee on Tuesday, Oct. 15, advanced an agreement for a zero-emissions switcher locomotive demonstration project at ...

BEAUFORT, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The US boasts the most efficient rail network in the world, a status achieved through steadfast commitment to standardization—a principle that once underpinned America ...

Montana Rail Link has placed two locomotives at Montana Resources' complex in Butte for a pro posed two-week test to determine how much electricity the engines can produce. The test is expected to ...