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 ...

Locomotives that run on diesel can be electrified. This would both cut CO 2 emissions and significantly reduce overall energy consumption, according to a new study. Researchers at SINTEF have now ...

Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), a diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer, has developed world’s first electric locomotive converted from diesel locomotive, which was flagged off by India’s Prime ...

Caterpillar Inc.’s subsidiary Progress Rail Services Corp. has opened a new diesel-electric locomotive manufacturing plant in Muncie, Ind. The project was announced last fall and estimated at $50 ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...