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Bombardier signs $485 million dollar contracts for hybrid locomotives

Canadian-based train manufacturer Bombardier announced two contracts to supply hybrid locomotives in North-America. According to Bombardier, these two will be the first deliveries of such technology, which uses diesel and/or electricity to power the locomotives. The contracts were signed with the New Jersey Transit Corporation (26 units) and Montréal's Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (20 units). The locomotives are to be built in Bombardier's manufacturing facilities in Germany and Poland and delivery is expected in 2011. If the ... Read more →

Harvard professor predicts railroads will return to prominence in the U.S. Xavier Navarro

John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Graduate School of Design, predicts that trains will once again play a key role in shaping American ...

Type N700 bullet train nears 200 mph in Japan Jeremy Korzeniewski

Back in April, we showed you designs that Japan has to make magnetic levitation trains a reality. Being that those trains are not expected to be ready for consumers until 2025, I thought I'd show you ...

Union Pacific Railroad unveils ultra-low emission diesel locomotives Dane Muldoon

Just days after we wrote about the problem of trying to introduce cleaner locomotives into existing railway's fleets, Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the first of 60 new environmentally friendly, ...

Green train technology needed to keep air clean Dane Muldoon

Railway operator BNSF Railway Co. is considering building a new railway hub at the Southern California Logistics Airport, which is projected to remove hundreds of trucks off the road thanks to rail's ...

Japanese rail research group successfully test fuel cell train 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Japan's Railway Research Technical Institute (RTRI) officially announced that they completed successful running tests of what they say is the world's first fuel cell-powered train. Their research and development began in 2001 as they aimed to develop a railway system that would reduce ...

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