DB Cargo UK had previously used the Class 90 locomotives to highlight the rail freight industry’s importance to the UK economy. Credit: DB Cargo UK. DB Cargo UK, one of the UK’s largest rail freight ...

General Motors and rail equipment provider Wabtec Corporation recently announced a partnership to develop and commercialize electric locomotives. The collaboration aims to use GM’s Ultium battery ...

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, ...

Locomotives powered by electricity have been around for over a century, with rail lines like the now-defunct Pennsylvania Rail Road starting electric operations as early as 1905. However, the average ...

Battery electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled ...