The Charger B+AC locomotive provides a modular and scalable solution designed specifically for North American passenger rail.

The battery-electric versions of the Siemens Charger locomotives to be built for MTA’s Metro-North Railroad will be known as the Charger B+AC, Siemens said today (June 27, 2025). In emphasizing the ...

Wabtec’s FLXdrive Heavy Haul locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service, is headed to Australia to transport iron ore.. World’s first ...

Battery-electric locomotives, meaning locomotives that are powered by onboard batteries instead of relying on external sources, are still at the bleeding edge of electrification. ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- U.S. Steel says a battery-powered locomotive will improve air quality in the Mon Valley. Before a group of steelworkers, elected officials and friends in the Mon Valley, U.S ...

Chicago’s track-burning commuter rail network Metra announced this week that it is converting its older diesel-electric locomotives to pure battery power. It says the adaptation will not just ...

Newburgh & South Shore Railroad's new battery-electric locomotive was made by Amps Traction LLC in Westerville, Ohio. The Cleveland railroad and its owner, OmniTrax Inc. of Denver, Colorado ...

Tacoma Rail is welcoming three zero-emission, battery-electric locomotives thanks to millions in federal and state funding. Local Like a Tesla Model S, but for trains. City receives ...

In an electric drive locomotive, part of the kinetic energy can be harvested by regeneration. With 80% energy regeneration, the train would only use 0.4 kWh until it comes to a stop. "An electrified ...

A pioneering 80-year old battery powered locomotive will soon be on display to the public in Bury. The historic loco was built in 1944 and was in use by the Central Electricity Generating Board in ...