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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and the railroad’s diesel honoring Abraham Lincoln will make a round trip ...
Wabtec Corp. and Rio Tinto SimFer on Monday (May 26) unveiled the first locomotive in an order for TransGuinéen Railway, part ...
The East Lancashire Railway has announced details of an upcoming summer event, and tickets will allow railway fans an extra fourth day of travel ...
A major shortage of electric locos has hit the Mumbai-Pune rail section as almost all of the trains in this section are now switched to diesel locomotives. Indian Railways is plagued by shortage ...
Wabtec for example has seen 11% fuel savings by including its FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive (BEL) in a diesel consist (capturing only the braking energy of the BEL itself). Other studies ...
In the transition from steam to battery-powered locomotives, railroad locomotives spent an extended sojourn as diesel-electric haulers. While the diesel engine in a diesel-electric train generates ...
Customers are still showing interest in diesel cars Diesel to make a comeback in a VW Group brand after five years The reason for the shift in strategy, according to Skoda India head Petr Janeba ...
A Wabtec R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotive for New York’s MTA testing on the track in Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New ...
When you run the numbers yourself, you will likely see that although diesel fuel costs less per mile you drive than gasoline, it takes many years to break even when you look at the cost of a ...
New Delhi: State-run railway engineering and consulting company RITES Ltd proposes to expand its global footprint, targeting exports of Indian Railways’ underutilized and surplus diesel locos to ...
OptiFuel’s innovative modular locomotive systems facilitate rapid ... This breakthrough enables railroads to continue utilizing diesel as the primary fuel, significantly reducing barriers ...
When you drive around in a diesel-powered vehicle, you generally need to be a little more cognizant of your fuel usage habits than you would in a typical gasoline-powered vehicle. Diesel is ...