General Electric (GE) has come out with its latest "green" locomotive, part of a broader push it is making in the field of fuel-efficient rail transportation. The ES44C4, the latest in GE's "Evolution ...

General Electric confirmed it is merging its GE Transportation locomotive business with Wabtec, valuing the transaction at $11.1 billion. Wabtec makes a range of parts and control systems for trains, ...

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, ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE) today announced the debut of its one-of-a-kind hybrid road locomotive at its Ecomagination event in Los Angeles. GE’s Evolution® Hybrid locomotive will be ...

There was a time not so long ago when an order for 200 GE locomotives would have been an early Christmas present for workers in Erie — a promise of job security and perhaps some overtime pay. The ...