When it comes to improving efficiency and reducing emissions in transportation, often the answer is to take what’s old and replace it with something entirely new, such as buying an electric vehicle.

The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...

More than 15 years have passed since General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt stepped to a microphone in Washington, D.C., to announce plans for a new hybrid locomotive to be built in Erie. The announcement, ...

The first prototype of the new hybrid-electric locomotive is expected to be delivered in late 2023. Credit: Union Pacific. US-based Union Pacific Railroad has struck a partnership with green ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt signed a $575 million agreement with General Electric Co on Saturday for GE to provide 100 new multi-use locomotives, 15 years of technical support and spare parts, and ...

CHICAGO & CAIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it signed a Letter of Intent with the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) and Egyptian National Railways (ENR), worth $575 million, to ...