Two ground-breaking Class 43 diesel electric locomotives will be thrilling visitors at this year’s Diesel Gala at The Watercress Line, from Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th July. Did you know with a ...

Nine heritage diesel locomotives are gathering for a "diesel gala" at a heritage railway line in Dorset. The annual event at the Swanage Railway takes place over three days and incorporates a beer ...

US-based Electro-Motive Diesel has delivered the last batch of seven new Class 66 locomotives to UK rail freight company GB Railfreight (GBRf). The new Class 66s are currently being transported to ...

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 diesel locomotives, built between 1989 and 1993, were abandoned years ago. They can be seen at White Moss Quarry, Cheshire, left rusting in neat rows. The trains were originally taken to the ...

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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 ...

We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), in partnership with the Providence & Worcester (P&W) Railroad, will install auxiliary power units on 17 locomotives built between ...

GB Railfreight has received Authorisation for Placing Into Service from UK regulator the Office of Rail & Road for its ...