Wabtec Corp. announced Monday that its MotivePower subsidiary has won a contract to build 22 new locomotives for CBH Group, a leading transporter of grain in Australia. The contract includes a ...

Locomotive manufacturer NRE has released details of its recent contract with Watco Australia for eight light-axle locomotives to support the latter's new contract in Queensland. “Watco demanded the ...

BELGRAVE Australia (Reuters) - While the discovery of steam power 200 years ago drove the industrial revolution, the world long ago shunted most steam trains onto the sidings of history. But in one ...

A unique opportunity for rail fans to live their dream of running a steam engine. March 7-April 4 SPENCER — Visitors can once again climb into the cab of an authentic steam locomotive, operating the ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Tobu ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

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