New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved the use of new Wabtec battery-diesel hybrid locomotives for ...

New York Central engineers aboard the train asserted that neither electric nor Diesel-electric locomotives could surpass the rating of the new Twentieth Century engine. Although the new locomotive ...

The P32s operate on electric power only for the four miles through the tunnel at Grand Central Terminal, while the new locomotives are expected to run in electric mode for the complete 102 miles ...

Tests of pulling power held between an electric locomotive built for the Mexican Railways Co., Ltd., and a big steam Mikado of the New York Central Lines proved that the electric was superior in ...

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The railroad’s 21 fully diesel and 24 diesel/electric locomotives — which are supplemented ... commuters a one-seat ride to and from New York City. "That gives us a lot more flexibility ...