An old Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive now has a new life as environmentally friendly motive power. Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. (EMD) recently repowered the 54-year-old EMD GP9, created a 710ECO™ ...
BNSF EMD SD70MAC 9819, one of 450 originally ordered by Burlington Northern in 1993. Wikimedia Commns/ Quatro Valvole. The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase ...
Although diesel locomotives first came to American railroads in the 1920s, their use was confined to switch engines, and later to passenger train locomotives. It wasn't until 1940 that the Electro ...
For the ECO line, Progress Rail and NSC have collaborated to repower 50 locomotives, since 2008. Credit: Norfolk Southern Corp. Caterpillar Company’s Progress Rail has teamed up with Norfolk Southern ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EMD Class 59 locomotive No. 59001 displays its heritage paint scheme at Kidderminster during the Severn Valley Railway's Diesel ...
Progress Rail EMD® SD40JR Joule battery-electric, seen here operating in regular service on Pacific Harbor Line. Progress Rail photo. Mr. Little notes that my article on ZE (zero-emission) locomotives ...