General Motors and rail equipment provider Wabtec Corporation recently announced a partnership to develop and commercialize electric locomotives. The collaboration aims to use GM’s Ultium battery ...

General Motors GM recently announced its decision to enter into a partnership with Wabtec Corporation WAB for developing and supplying the company’s Ultium battery technology and Hydrotec hydrogen ...

DANBURY — The newest additions to the Danbury Railway Museum collection are not only historic: They also represent a period of electric locomotive development that shaped modern-day railroads. The ...

The Union Pacific Railroad built a hybrid battery-electric prototype locomotive at its North Little Rock facility, and testing is set to begin this month, the company announced earlier this week.

PITTSBURGH/DETROIT (AP/KDKA) — General Motors has signed a deal to develop railroad locomotives powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and battery system. Under a nonbinding agreement with locomotive maker ...

The automaker has a deal to supply its batteries and fuel cells to Wabtec hybrid locomotives. "The rail industry is on the cusp of a sustainable transformation with the introduction of batteries and ...

Romania’s state-owned passenger railway provider CFR Călători has contracted ABB to upgrade its electric locomotives. 19 Electroputere LE 5100 locomotives will receive “complete traction chains” to ...

There isn’t a lot of romance in getting to a destination today, and that’s sad. Planes feel like flying transit buses, and most commuter trains are all business and almost no fun. Even road trips lose ...

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference offers a presentation focused on rapidly evolving hydrogen-powered locomotive initiatives for main line freight rail ...

In 1876, one of the world’s greatest inventors, Thomas A. Edison, invented the electric light. A mere two years later, The Edison Electric Light Company was founded. Illumination was not Edison’s only ...

DETROIT, June 15 (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N), opens new tab will supply electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cell systems for rail supplier Wabtec Corp’s (WAB.N), opens new tab locomotives, ...

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