Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) announced on Thursday the launch of its new medium horsepower hybrid electric locomotive developed in collaboration with Knoxville Locomotive Works. The ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern currently have more than 2,300 locomotives in storage and anticipate, at least initially, ...

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Diana Kitchen began her career in 1985 as the only woman in her GE Transportation apprentice class. After 40 years, Kitchen is now a business leader at Wabtec Corp., managing a team of 155 employees.

It was a sad day when those 1950s E7, E8, and assorted FP units reached the point where they were clearly reaching the end of their operational life. Their long car bodies and gentle curved noses ...

General Electric plans to cut 950 jobs at a locomotive plant in Erie, Pa., wiping out most of the site’s recent employment growth, as it shifts some production to a lower-cost Texas factory. The ...

Publicity photo of a first-generation Union Pacific GTEL locomotive and a circa-1923 electric auto in Fremont, Neb. The auto was owned by a local woman and the locomotive was on its way west to haul ...

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt signed a $575 million agreement with General Electric Co on Saturday for GE to provide 100 new multi-use locomotives, 15 years of technical support and spare parts, and ...