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Union Pacific freight locomotives on tracks in Portland, Oregon

26.08.2026

STB orders unfiltered workpapers in UP-NS review

Norfolk and Western Railway passenger car in Hinton, West Virginia

25.08.2026

Norfolk & Western Power Car 409 Faces Deadline

Amtrak Pennsylvanian train passing Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania

25.08.2026

Second Daily Pennsylvanian Train Set for Mid-November

HyOrc enters U.S. market with multi-fuel engine technology

13.11.2025

HyOrc enters U.S. market with multi-fuel engine technology

HyOrc begins promoting its multi-fuel engine technology in the United States and launches a pilot project with Zeltech to test the system in real operations and, if results hold up, speed its way to market.
Solar on Track: NCRTC’s New Phase of Green Innovation

13.11.2025

Solar on Track: NCRTC’s New Phase of Green Innovation

NCRTC’s new Solar on Track system at the Duhai depot turns a stretch of the Namo Bharat corridor into a compact power plant, and it quietly shows how rail infrastructure can also generate clean electricity.
Siemens Mobility and Voestalpine lead the rail industry’s green steel revolution

11.11.2025

Siemens Mobility and Voestalpine lead the rail industry’s green steel revolution

Siemens Mobility has struck an agreement with Voestalpine, an Austrian steel producer, to include more Greentec Steel Edition low-carbon steel in the production of rail transport means and related components.
Progress Rail breaks records with world’s most powerful zero-emission locomotives

11.11.2025

Progress Rail breaks records with world’s most powerful zero-emission locomotives

The American company Progress Rail has unveiled two eight-axle battery locomotives from the EMD Joule series, which are now acknowledged to be the most powerful battery locomotives in the world.
Hitachi and Tobu Railway Deploy HMAX Platform for Digital Transformation

11.11.2025

Hitachi and Tobu Railway launch next-gen HMAX platform

Hitachi Rail and Tobu Railway are teaming up to introduce the HMAX solution to the Japanese rail industry. HMAX is classified as a next-generation solution that applies digital technologies such as AI to rail maintenance.
ERTMS trials drive Spain’s smart railway future

11.11.2025

ERTMS trials drive Spain’s smart railway future

Adif has already initiated extensive tests with the ERTMS solution in the secondary rail network in Spain to implement enhanced signaling with satellite-based communication components.
KRRI Expands Railway Test Track to Strengthen Global Innovation

10.11.2025

KRRI Expands Railway Test Track to Power Global Rail Innovation

Since 2019, the Railway Test Track has been operating safely, which facilitates innovation and export growth due to KRRI’s expertise in providing testing for next-generation railways and sustainable transport systems.
Siemens Mobility and SBB launch $41 m Swiss rail digital upgrade

10.11.2025

Siemens Mobility and SBB launch $41 m Swiss rail digital upgrade

The Siemens Mobility team signed a significant framework agreement with SBB to update 500 interlockings for digitalizing the Swiss railway network with Siemens Mobility’s innovative Signaling X platform.
Network Rail completes major signalling upgrade project

09.11.2025

Network Rail finishes £320m modern signalling upgrade

Network Rail undertook a £320 million improvement scheme between Farncombe and Petersfield to improve the Portsmouth Direct Line.
China’s Hydrogen-Powered Train Revolutionizes Tourism

09.11.2025

China’s First Hydrogen-Powered Train Sets Tourism Milestone

The newly-unveiled hydrogen train made by CRRC Changchun represents a breakthrough in green transportation because it integrates cutting-edge technology with local culture to serve a rapidly developing tourist industry.
Škoda and Microvast join forces to power the future of rail transport

06.11.2025

Škoda and Microvast join forces to power the future of rail transport

Skoda is still broadening its innovation portfolio and, together with an American firm called Microvast, is working on more advanced battery solutions for railways to hasten a sustainable mobility future.
The Arctic Becomes a Testing Ground for Railway Innovation

06.11.2025

How the Arctic Is Powering the Future of Railway Innovation?

The Arctic region is soon going to become a hub for railway innovation as Norway and Sweden have started a project on their Ofotbanen and Malmbanan railway stretches, spanning a total of 473 kilometers, to test innovations.