Building a Rail Car for Abandoned Railroads explores the process of repurposing rail cars for use on disused tracks. The video covers the gear needed for the project, the step-by-step construction ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Building 10 at GE Transportation, a massive brick structure where generations of Erie workers have built locomotives, was eerily quiet Friday. It’s no mystery why. “We used to build ...

Modernizing our country's rail system, if done right, can create thousands of family-sustaining jobs. Some of those jobs would manufacture cleaner, safer green locomotives, the future of rail ...

In this June 1 photo, Richard Simpson, vice president for global supply chain for GE Transportation, poses beside a dual-cab, 4,500-horsepower Evolution Series locomotive built for India Railways, in ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

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