Locomotives

California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet acted on. In a win for railroads, this includes the In-Use…

The newest subway vehicle for MTA New York City Transit has an “R” designation, but it’s a stand-alone piece of rolling stock that doesn’t carry passengers. It’s the R255, a…

Railway Age is now accepting entries for our 2025 “Fast Trackers” 25 Under 40 awards, in which we will profile 25 individuals under the age of 40 who have made…

Railway Age’s January 2025 issue is now available digitally. It features a profile of CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs—Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year—and a tribute to Jimmy…

This commentary is in response to the article “Point-of-Use ZE an Incomplete Picture,” by Nicholas Little, Railway Age, Nov. 20, 2024, which was in response to my Jan. 3, 2024…

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn) Class…

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) recently announced that its Iron Horse Rambles passenger excursions, featuring steam locomotive #2102, will resume in 2025.

Progress Rail on Dec. 16 announced that it has signed a new 10-year maintenance service agreement (MSA) with London-based Beacon Rail to continue servicing Beacon’s fleet of EMD® JT42CWR locomotives…

RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: After successfully deploying a prototype in Alberta, CPKC is testing its newest hydrogen-powered locomotive on heavy line haul coal trains in the mountains of British…

Railway Age’s December 2024 issue is now available digitally, featuring the 2025 Freight Rail Outlook that recommends railroads “keep the throttle in Notch 8, but be prepared for some rough…

Norfolk Southern debuts the TAG (Tennessee, Alabama, & Georgia Railway) Heritage locomotive. Also, three Union Pacific (UP) employees are recognized for their “personal advocacy to improve awareness and understanding of…

Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) will use a $15.8 million Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant to purchase up to six “custom-built” low-emission diesel locomotives for use on its 86-mile network that…

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Nov. 5-6 returned to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies, who are influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit…

Two CRISI awards to Colorado State University (CSU) Pueblo and the University of Delaware (UDel) worth $26.2 million will be applied to accelerate Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) concurrence of OptiFuel’s Total-Zero™ Diesel-RNG…

CSX has rolled out its latest heritage locomotive before pausing their production, according to President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year. Hinrichs revealed via LinkedIn…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and ATCO EnPower™, a division of Canadian Utilities Ltd., have brought on line two hydrogen production and locomotive refueling facilities, one each in Calgary and Edmonton,…

A recent article by Alex Luvishis, Ph.D. was interesting from a factual basis about alternative locomotive fuel and energy options and their costs. However, zero-emissions at point of use is not the whole…

Chicago’s Metra has taken delivery of all 15 SD70-MACH locomotives that it ordered from Progress Rail in 2019. The commuter railroad made the announcement in the fourth-quarter 2024 edition of…

Bohr Electronics has been awarded a contract by Virginia Railway Express (VRE) to supply 80 magnetic transfer switches, which will support ongoing maintenance of VRE’s locomotive fleet at its Crossroads…

Norfolk Southern (NS) and Alstom have partnered to convert two 50-year-old GP 38/40 locomotives to hybrid technology.