Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...

The Broadway Limited Imports EMD SD45 HO scale diesel locomotive is the featured model in this latest product review video ...

Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel spilled early Wednesday after a cargo train derailed in Colorado, authorities said. The locomotive derailed just before 1 a.m. on the Great Western Railway Line in ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...

SPENCER — Train enthusiasts young and old were allowed to man the controls to an old diesel locomotive on Saturday as part of the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s “At the Throttle Diesel” event.

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Since Caltrain has switched to electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, ...

NEXT-GEN SMALL-ROAD MOTIVE POWER, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Short lines and switching operations face several hurdles if they want to acquire locomotives powered by fuels beyond diesel. For ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new diesel engine to its train fleet. An inaugural ride for Engine No. 2025 is open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 13. The long-running steam locomotives, a ...

Funding dedicated to training diesel technicians across four facilities in Massachusetts is included in about $24 million in vocational training grants issued by Gov. Maura Healey. The grants are ...

In Caltrain’s transition from diesel to electric, the transit agency opened a new online store featuring a variety of branded merchandise. In addition to holiday sweaters and exclusive boxed models of ...

Since Caltrain has switched to electric all-electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, to serve passenger rail service there, according to a Caltrain press release. After ...