Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by Wabtec, a completed modernized Union Pacific locomotive is prepped for delivery at Wabtec's Fort Worth ...

Kansas City is home to the second-largest rail hub in the United States, and is facing a pivotal moment that will either protect or continue to endanger the health of many of our residents. The ...

Chicago’s track-burning commuter rail network Metra announced this week that it is converting its older diesel-electric locomotives to pure battery power. It says the adaptation will not just cut ...

A dozen old diesel locomotives have been left abandoned and rusting in a quarry. Eerie aerial images show the trains tightly packed together surrounded by discarded railway sleepers. The ex DB Cargo ...

Caltrain has opened an online store with the hope of auctioning off 20 retired diesel locomotives that can be repurposed as a brewery, store, community center or cozy home. An opening bid for the ...

A heritage railway has converted an old diesel locomotive to run on hydrogen. Severn Valley Railway (SVR) launched HydroShunter, a hydrogen-powered shunting engine, developed from the body of a ...

OMAHA, Neb.OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it ...

About one-third of railroads around the world are electrified. There’s no reason for the U.S. to keep using dirty, outdated technology. Nick Wagner nwagner@kcstar.com Kansas City is home to the second ...