After an absence of 12 years, Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. (a subsidiary of the Progress Rail Services Corp. division of Caterpillar Inc.’s Rail Division) has reentered the passenger locomotive market.

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, ...

Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said Tuesday that it agreed to buy locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. of La Grange for $820 mi… ...

Now in Amtrak service for the better part of three years, the Charger's road to service was nearly as tumultuous as Amtrak's ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its Alabama-based railroad service unit will spend $820 million cash to acquire locomotive maker Electro-Motive Diesel. Caterpillar says ...

Enter Caterpillar Subsidiary Progress Rail's EMD (Electro-Motive Division) Joule line of locomotives delivered earlier this year. According to Progress Rail, the Joule is the very first of its ...

Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), which established a joint venture with distribution group Barloworld this month, is planning to build rail locomotives in South Africa. Monday, June 9, 2025 News ...

Caterpillar Inc. agreed to buy a U.S. maker of railroad locomotives Tuesday for $820-million (U.S.) in cash, expanding its rail business from service into engine manufacturing. The world's largest ...