ERIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2003--Dave Tucker, general manager of GE Transportation Systems' global service operations announced today that the company had introduced Auto Engine Start Stop, ...

The new automatic stop-start system for locomotives enables more efficient rail freight transport. Credit: Voith. Technology company Voith has introduced an automatic OnEfficiency.StopStart system ...

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...

SPOKANE (AP) — A longtime Spokane company is helping BNSF Railway keep its yard locomotives warm when they are not in use, saving fuel in the process. Hotstart Inc. has sold auxiliary power units for ...

Lat-Lon, a leading provider of industrial tracking and monitoring solutions, has announced that it is now in full production of the Automatic Engine Start / Stop (AESS) System. The AESS is an ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

OMAHA, Neb. — The diesel-burning locomotive, the workhorse of American railroads since World War II, will soon begin burning natural gas — a potentially historic shift that could cut fuel costs, ...