Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, has begun constructing the BEL, a battery-electric EMD® Joule prototype locomotive for Aurizon, Australia’s largest freight railroad. A rebuild of an existing, ...

Roanoke, Va., headquarters of the former Norfolk & Western Railway and once known as the "Alamo for Steam," is home to the renowned East End Shops. This facility, still standing today, was where the ...

UK-based Direct Rail Services (DRS) has unveiled new dual-mode Class 88 locomotive 88002, which combines both 25kv electric and diesel electric operating modes. The new train is an improved version of ...

£150m ($201m) investment was made in the dual-power locomotives. Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State for Rail, said: “Major private sector investments like this £150 million commitment to ...