General Motors Corp. agreed to sell its Electro-Motive locomotive manufacturing operation–which employs about 1,600 people in west suburban La Grange–to a private investing group, as the auto giant ...

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 ...

: Age 46; bachelor's degree in engineering and computer science, Princeton University; MBA University of Chicago. Former president and CEO of Tokheim Corp.; senior vice president and chief operating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has signed a ...