By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett’s sprawling Berkshire Hathaway ...
The U.S. has no federal limit on freight train length, leaving the cost-conscious rail industry free to experiment with giants like the 3.5-mile, nine-locomotive behemoth that chugged from Texas to ...
Lake State Railway Co., the Michigan regional railroad, today announced that it is purchasing four SD70ACe-T4 locomotives ...
Houston, Tex.-based HyOrc Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cincinnati, Ohio-based Zeltech (Zero-Emission Locomotive Technologies LLC) to jointly develop alternative ...
A freight train derailed in Iowa, causing about three dozen cars to pile up. The freight train operated by Union Pacific derailed around 5 p.m. local time Monday east of Glidden, Iowa, Union Pacific ...
Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...
During the nuclear optimism of the 1950s, American engineers envisioned a freight train that would never need refueling: the X-12, a 200-ton atomic-powered locomotive. Designed with a compact uranium ...