Despite recent advancements in battery technology and electrification, most freight trains in the U.S. still rely on diesel ...

Longer trains have more cars, possibly a greater variety of car types and sizes, and more requirements for power distributed across the train in comparison with shorter manifest trains. Because of ...

Most of the freight locomotives here in America use diesel-electric technology. They have gigantic diesel engines that act as generators for the electric motors that do the heavy lifting to get power ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NJ Transit's ALP-45 locomotive is an example of dual-mode power. (Photo: Stuart Chirls/FreightWaves) The agency that oversees the ...

The U.S. has no federal limit on freight train length, leaving the cost-conscious rail industry free to experiment with giants like the 3.5-mile, nine-locomotive behemoth that chugged from Texas to ...