We’re suckers for videos that explain dry-as-dust science in visually dynamic ways. General Electric’s “GE Show” bats one out of the park by explaining hybrid dynamic braking — a system that ...
Amtrak and Siemens show off a shiny, new Cities Sprinter locomotive at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station right across the platform from Amtrak’s famed Acela high-speed train. The Sprinter is nearly as ...
There is a reason why rail freight continues to move nearly 40% of North America’s freight per ton-mile – it is efficient with significantly lower emissions. How efficient? Specifically, rail can move ...
Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, will develop and test a 1.8MWh battery-electric tender (BET) to power a standard diesel-electric locomotive in a hybrid diesel-battery configuration ...
India’s first 9000 horsepower (HP) locomotive engine manufactured in Dahod in Gujarat will have regenerative braking capability, said Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday when Prime ...
The Westinghouse E-T air brake instruction pocket book : a complete work explaining in detail the improved Westinghouse locomotive air brake equipment, including both the no. 5 and the latest, ...
Siemens Mobility has introduced the Charger B+AC, a next-generation passenger locomotive designed specifically for the North American market. This locomotive is claimed to be the first ...
Thirteen years and six chief executives have come and gone since GE Transportation held a Washington, D.C. news conference to introduce the idea of a hybrid locomotive. A concept model was designed ...
GE has teamed up with the Barbarian Group on a beautiful video that illustrates the science of hybrid dynamic braking with falling tomatoes, Christmas ornaments, watermelons, marbles, and more. GE has ...