Australia has long relied on trains for transporting goods across vast distances, but a surprising shift is happening – the country is increasingly replacing locomotives with trucks. In this video, we ...

BELGRAVE, Australia, Nov 2 (Reuters) - While the discovery of steam power 200 years ago drove the industrial revolution, the world long ago shunted most steam trains onto the sidings of history ...

It is being restored by the Booleroo Steam and Traction Preservation Society, based in South Australia's southern Flinders Ranges. The 1912 Fowler Road Locomotive.

Wabtec Corp., a Pittsburgh-based freight and transit company, announced the sale of four of its fully electric and rechargeable battery-powered FLXdrive locomotives to Rio Tinto, an Australian ...

The FLXdrives, which are paired with diesel locomotives to create a hybrid train, are expected to help the mining company achieve a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. No price was ...

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.