The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with ...

The fatal train wreck that killed six employees at Spokane’s Parkwater rail yard a month earlier was caused by a shoddy switching procedure, which allowed a switch engine to use the main line track.

The April 3, 1909 Portsmouth Herald described a wreck between Passenger Train 29 from Boston and switching engine No. 483. The crash at the foot of Langdon Street near North Mill Pond could be heard ...

More than most machines, a steam locomotive's design reflects its intended use. There are reasons why high-speed passenger locomotives have tall driving wheels and two-axle leading trucks while ...

Sierra Northern Railway, based in Woodland, won a $4 million grant from the California Energy Commission Wednesday to design and build a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive at the Port of West ...

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...

A Montana Rail Link engine pulling a caboose derailed at 11:10 this morning on the eastern edge of Laurel. An MRL spokeswoman, Lynda Frost, in Missoula, said, "It's upright, there are no spills and no ...