Wabtec Corp., the owner of the former GE Transportation plant in Erie, has picked up another order for its newest product, the FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive. The company's last order, placed in ...

The environmental and fuel-saving benefits of Tier 4 locomotives have been well documented in the freight railroad industry. Not only do they use up to 25% less fuel than their Tier 3 predecessors, ...

The Surface Transportation Board has approved Fortress Investment Group’s acquisition of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway and Akron Barberton Cluster Railway. The acquisition will be effective Dec. 26 ...

It was four years ago that Egyptian National Railways signed a $575 million deal with what was then GE Transportation to deliver and service 100 Erie-built locomotives. Earlier this week, the company, ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — GE Transportation says it has signed a $575 million deal with Egypt’s national railway system to provide 100 locomotives. The Erie Times-News reports union leaders are hopeful the ...

Two of the most “elusive” locomotives in Canada have found a new home at Niagara Railway Museum in Fort Erie, says president and founder Ken Jones. They were acquired by the late Marineland owner John ...