A Federal Railroad Administration study on mainline electrification recommends that the railroad industry develop a prototype ...

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

Forsee Power (FR0014005SB3 – FORSE), the expert in smart battery systems for commercial and industrial electric vehicles, announces that Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT) has chosen the Forsee ZEN ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

The Fell differential gearbox. All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the huge torque required to start a fully loaded train at low speeds, and because of the huge ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator: Union Pacific SD45 Loco Add-On The EMD SD45 was one of the first standard North American diesel locomotives to use a 20 cylinder diesel ...

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.