The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...

In the US, Parallel Systems is also working on electrifying individual freight wagons so that they can move independently around a rail network – but in a very different way, with batteries. The ...

Norfolk Southern says it expects to reopen its freight railroad line between Asheville and Tennessee by the end of March, six months after tracks and bridges were damaged by the remnants of Hurricane ...