Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, has begun constructing the BEL, a battery-electric EMD® Joule prototype locomotive for Aurizon, Australia’s largest freight railroad. A rebuild of an existing, ...

Let's start with diesels. For end-cab switchers, the MR&T locomotive fleet might include units like the Alco S1 through S4 and Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW2, SW1, and SW7. For road power ...

Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) on May 4 showcased its new EMD® Joule battery-electric locomotive from Progress Rail at a graduation ceremony for its latest class of engineers. The zero-emission, zero-idle ...

EMD, which General Motors spun off in 2005, will be part of Caterpillar's Progress Rail operation and will compete more directly with General Electric Co., another major U.S. maker of locomotives.