Senior Editor Cody Grivno steps into the workshop to put a Rapido Trains HO scale EMD SW9 diesel locomotive through its paces! Cody kicks things off by exploring the rich prototype history of this ...

A landmark EMD locomotive in Britain has received a striking new paint scheme based on its original livery. Class 59 diesel No. 59001 was the first of four units bought by stone company Foster Yeoman ...

Caterpillar Inc. on Aug. 31 marked the 100th anniversary of EMD®. Founded as Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation, EMD is now a product brand of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company. (Courtesy of ...

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD) today announced it has signed a contract with SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE ET MINIERE (SNIM) to manufacture a quantity of ...

Though locomotive-diesel-electric technology has been around for the better part of a century, nothing sits on the immediate horizon that will displace it for hauling freight and passenger trains in ...

Southern California regional rail authority Metrolink has unveiled the first F125 Spirit diesel locomotive being built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) at its manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, US.

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The company that has dominated key segments of the European diesel locomotive market is set to face ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Inc. company, celebrates EMD®’s 100th anniversary at the Illinois Railway Museum. Also, railroad, rail transit and bus consultancy PTSI Transportation turns 50. The ...

Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said Tuesday that it agreed to buy locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. of La Grange for $820 million to ...

Digital electronics have swept the locomotive cabinet. Component testing is brutal and varied for the myriad harsh environments a locomotive encounters. Hybrid engine technology is on the short-term ...