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 article, “ZE Energy ...

Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...

In 2005, the ‘Green Goat’ Locomotive, delivered by the Ganada Railway Power Technology Company, was the first hybrid locomotive in the world. Because of its excellent energy saving and emission ...

Wabtec’s FLXdrive Heavy Haul locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service, is headed to Australia to transport iron ore. Iron ore mining company Roy ...

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...

NEXT-GEN SMALL-ROAD MOTIVE POWER, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Short lines and switching operations face several hurdles if they want to acquire locomotives powered by fuels beyond diesel. For ...

There isn’t a lot of romance in getting to a destination today, and that’s sad. Planes feel like flying transit buses, and most commuter trains are all business and almost no fun. Even road trips lose ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI — A locomotive that played a critical part of an Ottawa County coal power plant that’s closing is one of the pieces of the plant finding new life. For decades, a yellow gigantic ...

The January 2026 issue of Trains Magazine includes author Greg Richardson’s article on the development of positive train control, “The road to PTC,” viewed primarily through the lens of his time in ...

BANGKOK: The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has stated an incident in which passengers were injured on local train No. 486 ...

There are just a couple days left to ride the last coal-fired steam locomotive at the Milwaukee County Zoo—one of the days being this coming Saturday, Sept. 14. Partly for environmental reasons, the ...