One of these is the subject of an archive film released by the oil company Shell ... The Fell differential gearbox. All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the ...

News & Products for the week of June 2nd 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about ...

Within U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works, diesel-powered ... were included — the company showcased the technology Monday afternoon. The electric-powered locomotives are expected to reduce airborne ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Contributor If you grew up around here, you likely learned a bit about steam locomotives during Pacific Northwest History class in high school. Since at least the 1890s, the ...

(Courtesy of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company) Harold L ... Photo courtesy The Reading Modeler. In 1939, EMD introduced the FT, a 1,350-hp diesel-electric locomotive. The “F” stood for Fourteen ...

In the latest example, the Environmental Protection Agency has green-lighted Sacramento’s plan to outlaw diesel locomotives. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) in April approved a ...

Exclusive: Five of the 32 locomotives selected for export to Sri Lanka, following a formal request by the neighbouring ...

The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring ...

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One of Canada’s major railroads recently marked a big first by successfully testing a hydrogen-powered locomotive on one of its lines, with it pulling a train along the company’s Western ...

Egyptian National Railways has awarded three contracts worth more than $235 million to US company ... its rail locomotive fleet. The contracts include the modernisation of 1,000 diesel-electric ...

Prospective buyers interested in the “gently used” 135-ton diesel locomotives posted on the Caltrain website are out of luck since the Bay Area transit agency finalized the sale. Caltrain is ...