A dozen old diesel trains have been abandoned in a Cheshire quarry, with aerial images showing the locomotives, built between 1989 and 1993, packed tightly together and slowly rusting away.

A major shortage of electric locos has hit the Mumbai-Pune rail section as almost all of the trains in this section are now switched to diesel locomotives. Indian Railways is plagued by shortage ...

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"It really adds to the case for electrifying the many other rail systems in the U.S. that still use old, poorly regulated diesel locomotives." Caltrain operates the busiest commuter rail system in ...

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 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York has given the green light to Wabtec's R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotives for its subway maintenance operations. This move is ...

Overseas railways, train modellers Hornby, commemorative loco 910 and Thomas & Friends ... in the UK and abroad blowing the whistles of nearly 200 vintage steam and diesel locomotives to herald a year ...

On December 5, a fire broke out at the railway depot in the russian city of Bryansk, as a result of which two mainline diesel locomotives burned down. They provided the logistical needs of the russian ...

Prospective buyers interested in the “gently used” 135-ton diesel locomotives posted on the Caltrain website are out of luck since the Bay Area transit agency finalized the sale. Caltrain is ...

As the Indian Railways intensifies its electrification efforts along its network, it is also finding methods to put its soon-to-be-redundant diesel locomotives to good use, by repurposing them for ...

The national transporter’s export arm has already bagged two orders worth ₹90 crore this year for suppling diesel locomotives to South Africa. And based on the interest from other markets ...

The Federal Government is set to achieve over 60 per cent savings on diesel costs following successfully retrofitting train locomotives to operate on a dual-fuel system. The Minister of ...