In 2010, Progress Rail, a Caterpillar subsidiary, acquired Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD), one of the world’s original and largest manufacturers of diesel electric locomotives. The agreement ...

CPR no. 4744 was a retrofitted 1971 Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) M-640 prototype that rolled out of CPR’s Angus Shops on Nov. 7, 1984. Overland Models HO scale brass model of CPR M-640 4744. In the ...

The first diesel passenger units were articulated with their trains. Later engines, like Burlington No. 9905 (with one of the original Twin Zephyrs) were separate locomotives but retained their trains ...

This List of Russian steam locomotive classes includes those built both before and during the Soviet era. They are to the gauge of 5 ft unless otherwise stated. Some locomotives originally used in ...

Seems like everybody had a GP7 or a GP9 on the roster back in the day, but here's an oddball diesel locomotive if ever ... purchased a single 1,500-hp EMD GP7 with a steam generator for backup ...

A Wabtec R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotive for New York’s MTA testing on the track in Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New ...

This list shows past and current rail transport locomotive classes used in South Africa. It includes locomotives from all original operators:Cape Government Railways (CGR) Cape Town Railway and Dock ...

The air-conditioned and sound proofing of the 80 Class square ended diesel cabin design was very different again, as much of the sound was dissipated to the crew driving the locomotive. The GM ...

Related To: Wabtec Corp. The MTA is looking to add Wabtec's R255 Hybrid Battery-Diesel Work Locomotives to its maintenance fleet to help reduce diesel emissions while conducting work in the tunnels.