Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, on March 30 reported delivering, in partnership with Strutture Trasporto Alto Adige (STA), a technology upgrade to the 37-mile (60 kilometer) Merano–Malles railway line in South Tyrol, Italy.
Norfolk Southern (NS) and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, are collaborating to upgrade 96 DC-traction NS locomotives to AC. Deliveries will start in 2027 and be completed in 2029. Each upgrade from
Progress Rail in September 2023 filed a lawsuit against Wabtec in U.S. federal court in Delaware accusing the latter of abusing its market power for diesel-electric main line locomotives, equipment and services.
CSX trains thousands of first responders in 2025. Also, BNSF logged gains in grain last year; and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) continues testing biofuels.
Caterpillar Inc.-subsidiary Progress Rail and technology, energy, and metals company Fortescue on Feb. 12 celebrated the delivery of two EMD® SD70J-BB battery-electric locomotives (BELs) at a ceremony in Western Australia’s Port Hedland.
Caterpillar, Inc., subsidiary Progress Rail and Brazilian logistics firm VLI on Feb. 10 reported celebrating the delivery of the last of eight EMD SD70ACe-BBs. Ordered in 2024 under a $38 million (R$
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Norfolk Southern (NS) are advancing their locomotive fleet modernization programs through acquisitions of new Tier 4-compliant road units from Wabtec and Progress Rail. CPKC CPKC’s acquisitions
Michigan-based Class II Lake State Railway Company (LSRC) is purchasing four EMD® SD70ACeT4 locomotives from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company. Numbered LSRC 6451 through 6454, they are former Progress Rail demonstrator units.
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Oct. 15-16 hosted the third-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference with a packed lineup of influential women and their allies, who shared experiences, celebrated achievements, and discussed the future
Two battery-electric locomotives (BELs) from Progress Rail’s Brazilian plant are bound for Fortescue’s mining operations in the Pilbara region of Australia. The EMD® Joule series units are due for arrival in December,
