Fortescue, the Australian iron ore mining giant, recently welcomed electric locomotives powered by the world’s largest land-mobile batteries, the company said in a social media post. The locomotives ...

Locomotive manufacturer NRE has released details of its recent contract with Watco Australia for eight light-axle locomotives to support the latter's new contract in Queensland. “Watco demanded the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A one-of-a-kind locomotive rolled off the assembly line at Wabtec in North Fort Worth recently and is now bound for Australia where it will join one of the most unique industrial ...

Four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives from Wabtec will begin tests runs in 2024 along Rio Tinto’s western Australian rail network, the mining company reported on Jan. 10. The locomotives, to be ...

The AC44C6M locomotives will be used in Fortescue’s mining operations. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. Rail technology company Wabtec has secured a contract to upgrade locomotives for Australia-based ...

Australia’s diesel locomotives can be quickly converted into hybrid electric trains following a breakthrough in battery technology by Melbourne-based power technology company Alta Battery Technology.

Roy Hill, an iron ore mining, rail and port operation in western Australia, is one of the first buyers of Wabtec's new FLXdrive, a battery-electric locomotive built in Erie. The locomotive is designed ...