Railroads have always been fuel efficient. Locomotive manufacturers find themselves well-positioned to improve that efficiency still more, matching or exceeding expectations of governments worldwide.

Since the second half of the 20th century, four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotives have been used extensively on short lines. The most common are the EMD SW1500 (1,500 hp/1,119 kW), GP9 (1,750 ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) announced today at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) conference in Denver, ...

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 ...

For more than a century, Erie has been associated with locomotives and — in recent years — efforts to build locomotives that are more efficient and create less pollution. Most of that history is ...

Sierra Railroad Company division Sierra Northern Railway (SNR) has announced the completion of testing for a four-axle hydrogen-fuelled, zero-emission switching locomotive. The testing took place at ...

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) has taken delivery of a historied alternative fuel testbed locomotive, most recently operated by BNSF as a hydrogen fuel cell switcher ...

Tightened emissions and fuel economy standards for motor vehicles have helped clear America’s skies, and new standards for locomotives that went into effect last year should have the same effect.