California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a measure Monday that will ban public rail agencies from selling their oldest diesel ...

Sitting inside a diesel train, you can be exposed to more pollution than if you were standing next to a busy street at rush hour. The trains are still common—especially in the U.S. But in Germany, one ...

Commuters frustrated with scarce service and frequent breakdowns on Long Island Rail Road branches served by diesel engines got some good news Wednesday as the MTA approved a plan to spend nearly $80 ...

Prospective buyers interested in the “gently used” 135-ton diesel locomotives posted on the Caltrain website are out of luck since the Bay Area transit agency finalized the sale. Caltrain is sending ...

If you ride on the newest commuter trains from San Francisco to San Jose, the first thing that you might notice is how quiet they are: Instead of the rumble of a diesel engine, the trains now run on ...

Battery-powered trains are looking to shape the future of Europe’s rail after the first successful trial of an intercity battery train in the northeast of England. This ‘tribid’ train easily switches ...

The Long Island Rail Road will not be able to install batteries on existing trains so that they can operate where tracks are not electrified, as it had hoped to do. Fifteen months after the LIRR began ...

About one-third of railroads around the world are electrified. There’s no reason for the U.S. to keep using dirty, outdated technology. Nick Wagner [email protected] Kansas City is home to the second ...

The future of environmentally friendly travel might just be here – and it’s Germany that’s leading the charge, with the first ever rail line to be entirely run on hydrogen-powered trains, starting ...