If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

A volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of its diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in preservation service. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Alishan Forest Railway's DL-34 diesel locomotive completed a long voyage overseas and after twelve months of mechanical adjustments undertook its maiden voyage on Saturday (May ...

While the documentation of diesel locomotives is extensive, Walter Simpson’s new book brings a fresh perspective to the literature. The book is an excellent primer on diesel locomotives that is ...

Locomotives remain a fast and efficient way to move cargo overland. The low rolling resistance of steel-on-steel will always beat rubber on road, the ability to pull long chains of freight cars, ...

The Drewry 0-6 0DM shunter, British Rail Class 04 No. D2280, will be on static display at the Diesel Gala in July A shunting locomotive has been painted in 1960s colours, which includes a British ...

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 ...

India’s lifeline is struggling due to inadequate track capacity as well reliance on diesel locomotives, signal failures and congestion leading to delays.

In 2005, the ‘Green Goat’ Locomotive, delivered by the Ganada Railway Power Technology Company, was the first hybrid locomotive in the world. Because of its excellent energy saving and emission ...