October 1, 2021 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Norfolk Southern and Progress Rail press release, September 30, 2021) ALBERTVILLE, Ala. and ATLANTA — Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, and Norfolk Southern Corporation have collaborated on the first EMD GP34ECO locomotive built for yard and intermediate...
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 13, 2021) Wabtec announced it signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and with Carnegie Mellon University to decarbonize freight rail and improve safety. Wabtec’s MOU with Genesee...
August 9, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Wabtec Corporation press release, August 6, 2021) FORT WORTH, Texas — Wabtec celebrated today its 1,000th locomotive modernization in North and South America. The milestone delivery to Norfolk Southern highlights the commercial and environmental success of...
July 6, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2021) LOS ANGELES — With little fanfare, however, America’s railroad industry has begun operating locomotives that run on stored electrical power, moving toward a future in which toy shops are not the only source of battery trains....
June 29, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Clean Technica, June 28, 2021) NEW YORK — There is no love lost between the notorious Koch brothers and the nation’s railroad industry, and the relationship is about to get a lot unlovelier. A massive new, first-of-its-kind renewable energy transmission line...
June 2, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age story by Robert H. Cantwell, June 2, 2021) NEW YORK — Caveat: I am a free-market capitalist who believes in the importance of trade to elevate global prosperity. I believe in comparative advantage, and how countries excel at the supply of certain...
May 24, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, May 21, 2021) NEW YORK — New legislation has been introduced in Congress to establish a Freight Rail Innovation Institute (FRII) in which a university research partner and a locomotive manufacturer would work to develop zero-emission locomotives....
April 29, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Freight Waves, April 28, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — While electrification might suit such transportation modes as trucking, many say rail might not be a good fit. Full story: Freight Waves
March 10, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, March 9, 2021) VANCOUVER and CALGARY — Ballard Power Systems and Canadian Pacific announced today that CP will employ Ballard fuel cell modules in CP’s pioneering Hydrogen Locomotive Program. The modules will...
February 12, 2021 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: railway Age, February 12, 2020) NEW YORK — Based on emerging technologies in batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and renewable natural gas, zero-emission motive power is a possibility. Full story: Railway Age