Caterpillar Inc. on Aug. 31 marked the 100th anniversary of EMD®. Founded as Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation, EMD is now a product brand of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company. (Courtesy of ...

The ScaleTrains Electro-Motive Division SD7 HO scale (1:87.1) diesel locomotive is highlighted in this latest product review ...

Working with the Rail Division of parent company Caterpillar Inc., Progress Rail/Electro-Motive Diesel is developing two LNG (liquefied natural gas) systems for the EMD 710 Series engine: Dynamic Gas ...

CAIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD) headquartered in North America today announced it has decided to enter into an agency agreement with Aman Trading and Engineering (AT&E) ...

Progress Rail Services has agreed to pay $820 million in cash for Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), a designer and manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications. It ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its Alabama-based railroad service unit will spend $820 million cash to acquire locomotive maker Electro-Motive Diesel. Caterpillar says ...

Southern California regional rail authority Metrolink has unveiled the first F125 Spirit diesel locomotive being built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) at its manufacturing plant in Muncie, Indiana, US.

Back in the late 1800s, railroads unified the U.S. by making it possible for people to travel from coast to coast in relative comfort and for freight to be hauled faster than by ship. The first trains ...

US-based Electro-Motive Diesel has delivered the last batch of seven new Class 66 locomotives to UK rail freight company GB Railfreight (GBRf). The new Class 66s are currently being transported to ...

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...