The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with CNJ No. 1000.

Milwaukee County Zoo will celebrate the addition of a new diesel train engine to its North Shore Bank Safari Train fleet on Sept. 13 during a celebration called Trains & Tracks Day. The event begins ...

Sitting inside a diesel train, you can be exposed to more pollution than if you were standing next to a busy street at rush hour. The trains are still common—especially in the U.S. But in Germany, one ...

Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually, at a time when railroads and other ...

A stellar example of adaptive reuse is being used to house and teach students at the University of Tasmania School of Architecture & Design. Formerly a 1951 diesel locomotive workshop, this ...

If you ride on the newest commuter trains from San Francisco to San Jose, the first thing that you might notice is how quiet they are: Instead of the rumble of a diesel engine, the trains now run on ...