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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 ...
The world’s first electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service is headed to Australia to transport iron ore.
Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, has a new all-electric battery-powered locomotive that could bring clean energy to the rail industry.
U.S. Steel says a battery-powered locomotive will improve air quality in the Mon Valley.
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 on Wednesday dedicated its first all-battery electric locomotive to serve its Cleveland-area rail lines. Check it out.
USA: Siemens Mobility is to supply 13 Charger B+AC battery-electric locomotives for New York Metropolitan Transportation ...
That is why the diesel-powered shunting locomotive is used at the terminal. These locomotives move the train wagons from one track to another. Running the locomotives on batteries would—in addition to ...
Tacoma Rail is welcoming three zero-emission, battery-electric locomotives thanks to millions in federal and state funding.
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 ...