Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 ...

Get ready: battery-powered trains may soon start to operate across the U.S., thanks to a promising project called Pop-Up Metro, which wants to accelerate the introduction of electric trains on the ...

LOS ANGELES — Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually, at a time when ...

"Last night, we achieved an incredible feat by breaking the world record for the longest distance traveled by a battery-powered train under a single charge. Now, this basically means a train which ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. In the last year, there has been a major push towards decarbonising railway transport. Across the globe, the increasingly pressing ...

Trains have been on the sidelines of electrification efforts for a long time in the U.S. because they account for only 2% of transportation sector emissions, but diesel freight trains emit 35 million ...

Siemens Mobility estimates its new battery bi-mode trains could save Britain’s railways £3.5 billion and 12 million tonnes of CO2 over 35 years. The trains, which would be assembled at Siemens ...

Once actually somewhat common, battery-powered trains, especially full-size ones, are less common these days as third-rail-powered and diesel trains have gained in popularity. Bombardier is unveiling ...

An attempt to break the world record for the longest distance travelled by a battery-powered train will be held later. Great Western Railway (GWR) is hoping to complete 200 miles (322km) on a single ...

Passenger trains have not run on the CRANDIC railway since the 1950s. That may soon change. Greater Iowa City, Inc. recently presented plans for a battery-powered passenger train on the CRANDIC rail ...

The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either ...

Battery-electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled ...