The historic 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive is about to set off on the first portion of its coast-to-coast ...

As SunRail faces aging equipment and growing demand, local leaders are weighing a plan to lease more locomotives to avoid ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is hitting the road—or tracks. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is heading out ...

Norfolk Southern and Progress Rail to upgrade 96 DC-traction locomotives to AC, part of a fleet transformation strengthening ...

A diesel locomotive that once served Metra riders in Chicago has made its way to the Quad Cities through a donation to the ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (March 23, 2015) -- The swift, efficient movement of freight and equipment is essential to the Army's mission, whether by air, land or sea. Fort Campbell's railroad operations are a ...

NS’s modernization roadmap includes new locomotives, a DC-to-AC program and a “push to reduce engine models from 13 to four over the next decade,” the Class I noted. Fewer models mean “lower ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- After making most of its locomotives in a century-old plant in Erie, Pa., General Electric has also recently started producing in Texas what it says are the most efficient in the ...

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike, the moment when the transcontinental railroad was finally completed with a ceremony at Promontory Point in Utah on May 10, 1869. And while the ...

Freight trains don't get much love, or thought at all, really, from the general public. Most people rarely see them, even fewer put serious thought into what they're up to. But they're out there, and ...

Automotive history is full of fascinating cars that have fallen into obscurity. The vehicles currently offered from the ...