Mechanical transmissions lack the flexibility and durability needed for North American road locomotives. A hydraulic coupling ...

During WWII, the War Production Board limited BLW to diesel switcher production ... Just as BLH was producing its last locomotives, Gilbert decided American Flyer needed a low-end switcher ...

Said another way, the North American diesel locomotive market continues to be a duopoly in name only, with WAB in the driver’s seat for modifications, new locomotives, services and parts. Can We See ...

Community efforts are underway to help preserve a historic 75-year-old diesel locomotive from the Bath and Hammondsport ...

built for the maintenance of diesel equipment and the railroad’s expanding contract work, which has been in high demand since 2018, when American Heritage Railways began contracting restorations ...

Mr Leggat who was brought up in Inverclyde was pictured in the drivers seat of a 4,500 horse power express train headed for New York in 1950.

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.