Most of the freight locomotives here in America use diesel-electric technology. They have gigantic diesel engines that act as generators for the electric motors that do the heavy lifting to get power ...

The passenger rail company’s 83 new trains use diesel fuel. Amtrak says they’ll cut transportation emissions by expanding rail service. When Norman Forde, Amtrak’s vice president of fleet and ...

Pacific Harbor Line has entered into an agreement with Michigan-based startup Remora, which is developing carbon capture ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a measure Monday that will ban public rail agencies from selling their oldest diesel ...

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A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Since Caltrain has switched to electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, ...

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains will be replaced by new electric cars, ...