Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania, are on strike, asking for familiar items like better pay, voting rights, and health care benefits. They’re also asking for one unique condition: to shift their ...

We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

While the documentation of diesel locomotives is extensive, Walter Simpson’s new book brings a fresh perspective to the literature. The book is an excellent primer on diesel locomotives that is ...

Southern California regional rail authority Metrolink has unveiled the first F125 Spirit diesel locomotive being built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) at its manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, US.

The highest torque diesel engines ever made have turned up in everything from small commercial vehicles to powerful locomotives to mining equipment and more.

Indian Railways has awarded two contracts worth $5.6bn to US-based General Electric (GE) and French engineering firm Alstom for new diesel and electric locomotives. Both the firms were issued the ...

Freight train companies are testing hydrogen- and battery-powered locomotives to attempt to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. On Wednesday, BNSF railroad announced plans to test a hydrogen-powered ...

India is quietly—and quite deliberately—rebranding itself on the global stage. From locomotives to aerospace components, India is no longer content with being the world’s back office or a ...

Modernizing our country's rail system, if done right, can create thousands of family-sustaining jobs. Some of those jobs would manufacture cleaner, safer green locomotives, the future of rail ...

General Electric’s GE Transportation division reported it will build a new diesel-engine remanufacturing plant in Grove City, Pa. Also, the company is investing $37 million in its current plant at ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania, are on strike, asking for familiar items like ...