You gotta start somewhere. In this case, it’s the BNSF switchyard in Richmond, where the Richmond Pacific Railroad is testing the nation’s first “Tier 4” switch engine for certification. Tier 4 is a ...

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...

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 ...

MTH announced its latest run of Norfolk Southern SD60E diesel locomotives in November 2024 and they arrived in late summer 2025. This version, much like its predecessor, features DCS and Proto-Sound 3 ...

The state of California is planning to make all its passenger rail 100% emissions-free by 2035. A prototype HFC (hydrogen fuel cell) trainset, the Stadler FLIRT H2, has been tested and will begin ...

Following on the heels of my previous message touring the cab of a GP7 diesel-electric locomotive comes this tour of an EMD FP7 or more commonly called an F unit. This particular locomotive currently ...

After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.