5 Of The Biggest Freight Trains On Earth And What They Haul

These massive trains move iron ore, coal, and other bulk cargo on major routes in Australia, Brazil, China, the United States ...
WRIC

Freight rails trying other locomotive fuels to cut emissions

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight ...
KLTV

NTSB chair says new locomotive camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National ...
International Railway Journal

Traxtion to invest $US 200m in South African rail freight

South African private rail freight company Traxtion has announced that it will invest Rand 3.4bn ($US 197m) in 1067mm-gauge ...
Railway Gazette International

World rail freight news round-up

News from the world rail freight market. Zagro Group subsidiary Gmeinder Lokomotiven has delivered two D60 C three-axle 708 ...
Ars Technica

Can we use big batteries to power our trains?

With the rapid pace of development in electric vehicles, we will likely get to a place where eliminating carbon emissions from one form of transport is possible. But cleaning up the remaining major ...