And much like it has done with passenger cars and trucks, the US Environmental ... 4-compliant diesel-electric locomotive in the country. The aptly-named "GE Evolution Series Tier 4" has been ...

Even without developing a hybrid, the GE Transportation report makes the case that locomotives enjoy a significant ... that moving goods by truck uses seven times as much energy.

Then it's flipped right side up for the installation of the trucks (which are assembled ... So how much does a GE locomotive cost? Simpson says they probably cost less than people might commonly ...

GE’s Evolution® Hybrid locomotive will be unveiled tomorrow ... power applications and motorized systems for mining trucks and drills.

GE Transportation Systems first introduced ... providing freight and passenger locomotives, motorized systems for mining trucks and drills, railway signaling and communications systems, value ...

(AP) - Building 10 at GE Transportation ... lean manufacturing leader, said key locomotive components travel as much as three miles, sometimes by rail or truck and other times lifted by crane ...

The batteries in the hybrid off-highway truck is the same sodium-based battery used in GE's locomotives, according to the GE Research blog. The hybrid haul truck wasn't just announced in honor of ...

During a test in January, nine cutting-edge GE Evolution locomotives rolled past ... One monster freight takes over 600 18-wheel trucks off the road, but many double-tracked rail lines are ...

Also at Erie, GE will invest $38 million to increase capacity and modernize machining, equipment, and tooling producing locomotives, mining truck drive systems, and other transportation products.

For comparison's sake, a GE Evolution diesel locomotive weighs in at 208 tons. Diesel Power magazine, in a 2008 article on the world's 10 largest dump trucks, points out that these vehicles ...