From battery chemistry to lifetime and charging speed, what's best for European locomotives is still up for debate.

PITTSBURGH — One of the biggest locomotive manufacturers is selling more of its new battery-powered locomotives as railroads and mining companies work to reduce their carbon emissions. Wabtec said ...

Battery electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled ...

New trains with battery and electric-powered locomotives, the first-ever in North America, will provide New Haven Line service to Penn Station in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said Monday. The ...

Rail technology company Wabtec has demonstrated an electric locomotive that could help lessen the environmental footprint of heavy-haul freight services. The company's battery-powered FLXdrive ...

U.S. Steel is pioneering new battery-powered electric locomotives as part of an ongoing initiative to be more environmentally sustainable. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, one of the Region's largest ...

Twenty Blues trains are now running—and plans are in the works to bring more than 100 into operation. Hitachi Rail Europe’s first trains to use batteries as a main source of power have arrived.

The Wabtec FLXDrive battery locomotive, designed and built in Erie, has been in the testing phase since 2021 and already has undergone major upgrades. Orders have been placed and the design has been ...

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.

Freight train companies are testing hydrogen- and battery-powered locomotives to attempt to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. On Wednesday, BNSF railroad announced plans to test a hydrogen-powered ...

One of the biggest locomotive manufacturers is selling more of its new battery-powered locomotives as railroads and mining companies work to reduce their carbon emissions. Wabtec said Monday that Rio ...