Metrolinx, the regional transport authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA), has received a prototype locomotive from Wabtec subsidiary MotivePower. According to the supplier, it is ...

Athearn has released a new run of Electro-Motive Division FP45 diesel locomotives in its HO scale Genesis line. The six-axle ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

China has unveiled yet another massive breakthrough in the realm of high-speed rail travel, courtesy of a new prototype train and a plan to install even more high-speed tracks in the next five years.

The Union Pacific Railroad built a hybrid battery-electric prototype locomotive at its North Little Rock facility, and testing is set to begin this month, the company announced earlier this week.

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Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation Friday unveiled its next Evolution Series locomotive that the company says "will decrease constituent emissions by more than 70% and save railroad customers more than ...

Fortescue has taken the wraps off a prototype of its proposed “Infinity Train” electric locomotive, making the 1,100 km (about 685 miles) trip from Perth to the Pilbara and marking a major milestone ...

If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

The first hydrogen locomotive prototype is expected to be completed by the end of next year. Credit: AS Operail. Hydrogen solutions firm OÜ Stargate Rail has signed a letter of intent with ...

Hundreds of people witnessed a rare sight on the railways in West Sussex as a double header steam train passed through, ...