At 16:00 on 17 May with a crisp whistle, two units of CKD9A-1 type high-power mainline freight locomotives made in CRRC Ziyang departed from Alataw Pass in Xinjiang into Central Asia, via Kazakhstan, ...

CAN THERE EVER BE too many O gauge Santa Fe F units on the market? Probably not. General Motors cranked out these diesels by the thousands, and both the high and mighty lines, as well as scores of ...

A new report from the Lung Association highlights the significant health risks posed by outdated diesel locomotives travelling across America and calls for urgent federal action to modernize standards ...

The idea of combining an internal combustion engine with electrical generation for motive power found its first success in Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 1000. The 300 hp locomotive was introduced ...

A 1949 diesel locomotive that once hauled lumber and window frames through Andersen Corp.’s Bayport factory is running again after nearly a year of painstaking volunteer restoration at the Minnesota ...

A type of diesel train was retired on March 12 due to changes in train timetables at Japan Freight Railway Company, a JR Group unit. The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for ...

Wilmington & Western Railroad resumes service just in time for leaf peeping All aboard: The Wilmington & Western Railroad has resumed service just in time for leaf peeping season in Delaware. The ...

It's heavy, overengineered and it sounds like a bad idea, but the Mercedes GLE 350 de diesel PHEV is actually great. Buy a plug-in hybrid and never plug it in, and congratulations: You’ve invented the ...

Big Boy 4014 makes the first stop on its 2024 summer tour in Laramie, Wyoming, on Sunday morning, June 30, 2024. Hundreds of curious people and serious train buffs waited for more than two hours to ...