Going way back in time, in 1966, traction motor power of North American diesel-electric locomotives was far less than that of Soviet Union electric locomotives. For example, individual traction motor ...

Transportation is responsible for one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. While companies have touted electric vehicles and sustainable aviation fuel as ways to cut emissions from air and ...

Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...

American federalism is struggling. Federal rules are an overwhelming presence in every state government, and some states, due to their size or other leverage, can impose their own policies on much or ...

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 ...

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: Transitioning from steam to diesel took more than 20 years. Moving to zero emissions will probably take much longer. Be it battery-electric, hybrid, biofuel, hydrogen ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

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 ...

This article is a joint publication of The American Prospect and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. After working as ...