Norfolk Southern started testing fully electric trains more than 15 years ago, and a number of companies are investing in them.But Raglin said the hybrid approach might be a better alternative.

Chicago’s track-burning commuter rail network Metra announced this week that it is converting its older diesel-electric locomotives to pure battery power. It says the adaptation will not just ...

McCabe said the funding for the purchase should be available by 2025, when the diesel switchers being replaced will be 60 years old. One of Tacoma Rail's two 1965 "switcher" locomotives to be ...

Metra will receive more than $104 million in grants for station projects and the purchase of three electric switching locomotives, the commuter rail operator has announced. The funding will come from ...

If the EPA consents, California’s plan will outlaw in the state use of any train that is more than 23 years old unless it is classified as “zero emission” — that is, an electric train.

This 83-year-old locomotive is a 44-ton diesel electric machine which "spent the majority of its naval career in Virginia around the Chesapeake Bay before being acquired for use at a railroad ...

Caltrain to auction off used diesel locomotives after full electrification begins 20 old trains, which were retired after the transit agency went fully electric, will be up for bid in late September ...

Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & Attica Railroad. The 104-year-old locomotive underwent a seven-year restoration effort by the railroad.

Norfolk Southern started testing fully electric trains more than 15 years ago, and a number of companies are investing in them.But Raglin said the hybrid approach might be a better alternative.

The railroad’s 21 fully diesel and 24 diesel/electric locomotives — which are supplemented by 134 coach cars — are far less reliable than the LIRR’s fleet of about 1,100 electric cars.