The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has begun taking delivery on 88 new Siemens “Venture” single-level passenger cars. According to WSP USA Senior Engineering Manager Art Peterson, who ...

Electro-Motive Diesel has filed a formal protest with the Illinois Department of Transportation over the Multi-State Locomotive Procurement contract for up to 35 125-mph diesel-electric locomotives, ...

On behalf of IDOT, the procurement is being done from 5 states with a purchase option of 225 additional locomotives. The new locomotives will achieve a maximum speed of 125 mph well equipped with the ...

Locomotives capable of exceeding the 110-mph speed limit on the passenger rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis will be bought for Illinois and four other states under a process the Illinois ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL (KFVS) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says significant progress has been made in preparing request proposals for nearly 35 high-performance diesel-electric locomotives for Illinois, ...

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High-speed Amtrak rail trains powered by new locomotives should start whizzing between Chicago and St. Louis sometime in 2018, officials said Monday. The trains will travel at top speeds of 110 mph, ...

Siemens has received an order for 34 diesel-electric Charger locomotives from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Maryland ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced a notice of intent to award a contract to Siemens USA to supply 35 diesel-electric locomotives for Midwestern and west coast states.

Siemens AG ( SI) recently secured a $225 million contract to build 32 diesel-electric locomotives for the Multi-State passenger rail locomotive procurement by the Illinois Department of Transportation ...