Four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives from Wabtec will begin tests runs in 2024 along Rio Tinto’s western Australian rail network, the mining company reported on Jan. 10. The locomotives, to be ...

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Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, has begun constructing the BEL, a battery-electric EMD® Joule prototype locomotive for Aurizon, Australia’s largest freight railroad. A rebuild of an existing, ...

Australian mining giant Fortescue has paused its project to develop its own battery-electric locomotives in collaboration ...

Australia-based UGL and GE Transportation, a subsidiary of General Electric, have unveiled their new PowerHaul Series locomotive (PH37ACmai) at AusRail Plus 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. The ...

The AC44C6M locomotives will be used in Fortescue’s mining operations. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. Rail technology company Wabtec has secured a contract to upgrade locomotives for Australia-based ...

For the second time in a month, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. has won a major contract for new locomotives. The State Rail Authority of New South Wales, Australia, has purchased ...