The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with CNJ No. 1000.

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...

Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, will develop and test a 1.8MWh battery-electric tender (BET) to power a standard diesel-electric locomotive in a hybrid diesel-battery configuration ...

There isn’t a lot of romance in getting to a destination today, and that’s sad. Planes feel like flying transit buses, and most commuter trains are all business and almost no fun. Even road trips lose ...

Americans heard the first rumble of a diesel locomotive trekking across the country in May 1936, when the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief passenger train began operating between Los Angeles and ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. In the last year, there has been a major push towards decarbonising railway transport. Across the globe, the increasingly pressing ...

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner passenger trains, which run through Southern California, are now operating on renewable diesel in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The renewable diesel is made ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Since Caltrain has switched to electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, ...

North American rail is on the beginning edge of a secular change in its approach to carbon emissions. Locomotive power, going back into the very early 19 th century at the origin of the first coal ...

San Jose state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced a bill to prevent state agencies selling decommissioned diesel trains for reuse after Caltrain authorized the sale of part of its diesel-powered fleet ...

With the rapid pace of development in electric vehicles, we will likely get to a place where eliminating carbon emissions from one form of transport is possible. But cleaning up the remaining major ...