Caterpillar's Progress Rail to close London, Ont. plant Decision follows unsuccessful CAW negotiations Plant employs more than 400 hourly workers Feb 3 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc plans to close its ...

Locomotives powered by electricity have been around for over a century, with rail lines like the now-defunct Pennsylvania Rail Road starting electric operations as early as 1905. However, the average ...

Investors and consumers have likely heard of electric cars, electric trucks and electric semis by now. One vehicle that hasn’t gotten as much attention in the U.S. is electric trains, something that ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), and Chevron have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the demonstration of a locomotive powered by hydrogen fuel ...

The aim is to showcase the hydrogen fuel’s viability and performance by checking if it can be utilised as an alternative to traditional fuels for line-haul rail. Credit: Shelley Pauls on Unsplash.