Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A freight railroad transloading company has been set up in the rail yard at Lackawaxen, Pike County, taking delivery of tons of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles startup Parallel Systems has raised $100 million to develop autonomous, electric freight trains ...

Voltify, a start-up, has a bold ambition to convince U.S. Class 1 railroad companies to switch to battery-electric power. Powering locomotives using batteries rather than diesel would save U.S. rail ...

Until the 1960s, railways dominated freight across every distance bar the shortest. Much freight went by sea, and some by truck. But then trucking grew, and grew, and grew, while rail’s share of ...

Longer trains have more cars, possibly a greater variety of car types and sizes, and more requirements for power distributed across the train in comparison with shorter manifest trains. Because of ...

After 20 years as an aerospace engineer, including 13 years at SpaceX, Matt Soule sought a new transportation challenge he could channel into a startup. He chose electric battery autonomous freight ...

Every day, massive freight trains carry something far more dangerous than cargo. Hidden among ordinary shipments, entire columns of military tanks move silently across civilian rail networks. This ...

The derailment of a 178-car freight train in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 5 in August 2017, which led to the release of hazardous materials and a fire, brought attention to potential safety ...