Since the second half of the 20th century, four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotives have been used extensively on short lines. The most common are the EMD SW1500 (1,500 hp/1,119 kW), GP9 (1,750 ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has developed a new battery-powered switcher locomotive, the EMD® Joule, working in collaboration with its South American customer Vale. Progress Rail anticipates ...

With no discussion the members of the Los Angeles City Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee on Tuesday, Oct. 15, advanced an agreement for a zero-emissions switcher locomotive demonstration project at ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) announced today at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) conference in Denver, ...

A unique new exhibit arrived at the Haapsalu Railway and Communications Museum on Friday — a one-of-a-kind MEV-1 switcher locomotive, which was transported to the coastal city from the rail depot in ...

Using hydrogen fuel, the new switcher locomotive will save nearly 10,000 gallons of conventional diesel fuel annually. Credit: David Mark from Pixabay. Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) is to ...

Clean diesel technology upgrades for large tug and switcher locomotive engines cost only $4,379 to $15,201 per ton of nitrogen oxides (NOx), compared to more than $30,000 per ton of NOx for many other ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- It's common knowledge that the Army has tanks, armored vehicles and a variety of heavy equipment, but, to mention a little known fact - that the Army has trains too - could ...

The new locomotive is expected to cut down transportation air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Credit: Sierra Northern Railway. The US’ California Energy Commission has granted nearly $4m ...

Fuel cell specialist Loop Energy and Hydrogen In Motion (H2M), a provider of solid state hydrogen storage technology, have announced plans to collaborate on converting a Southern Railway of BC owned ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loop Energy (TSX: LPEN), a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions, and Hydrogen In Motion (H2M), a leading provider of solid ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. (Army News Service, Nov. 26, 2010) -- It's common knowledge the Army has tanks, armored vehicles and a variety of heavy equipment. Not many know the Army runs own railroad, however.