A 282,000-pound piece of Southern California railroad history is being preserved. After nearly five years of planning, a COASTER F40 locomotive is off the rails and has been trucked to a railroad ...

MBTA F40 locomotive at Route 128 station on Track 1. Credit: MBTafan2011. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the US has exercised an option in a previously signed contract with ...

The first of 10 refurbished commuter rail locomotives, overhauled in a $30 million initiative by the MBTA, was unveiled Thursday in Somerville after a year of reconditioning, officials said. MBTA ...

Via Rail's fleet of F40 locomotives will be rebuiltby CAD Railway Services under a five-year, $101.5-million contract announcedTuesday. CAD will refurbish 53 F40s starting in 2008 with the goal of ...

MBTA officials have approved expanding an ongoing project to rebuild older Commuter Rail locomotives, an effort which is supposed to add 20 years to their lifespans. The contract with Motive Power, ...

In Caltrain’s transition from diesel to electric, the transit agency opened a new online store featuring a variety of branded merchandise. In addition to holiday sweaters and exclusive boxed models of ...

MONTREAL–Via Rail’s fleet of F40 locomotives will be rebuilt after the company announced a five-year, $101.5-million contract with CAD Railway Services Ltd. Via said Tuesday that 53 F40s will be ...