One of the biggest downsides to MTH Electric Trains’ Wi-Fi Track Interface Unit (WTIU) was the inability to use the original, Digital Command System (DCS) handheld wireless handheld remote via a ...

Locomotives & rolling stock Hobby Express, 1713 Route 228, Cranberry Township, PA 16066, has announced a custom-run MTH Bump-n-Go Trolley as part of the RailKing line. The trolley features a lighted ...

Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), “came to dominate locomotive construction from the 1940s through the 1970s,” according to Jeff ...

Metra plans to debut a battery-powered electric train that looks, sounds and feels unlike any of its existing trains.

Metra's battery-powered train could start running in 2028. The public can examine the machine, inside and out, at the LaSalle ...

Commuter rail systems like Chicago's Metra are exploring battery-electric trains to increase service while reducing diesel ...

For most passengers, the diesel-versus-electric train debate begins and ends with a few questions: Does the train arrive on time? Is the journey comfortable? Can one hear a podcast episode, take a ...

The railroad industry was one of the first to disrupt how the world worked with technology, but lately, innovation in freight railroading has amounted to little more than longer and longer trains.

Metra’s diesel-engined commuter trains are familiar sights in and around Chicago, and so is the smell of spent diesel that surrounds them – but a new battery-electric FLIRT locomotive from Stadler is ...

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A high-tech, battery-powered Metra train will leave the drawing board and enter reality next week. The trainset is headed to Chicago and will be exhibited at the American Public Transportation ...

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