Norfolk Southern plans to work with industrial giant Alstom to two convert diesel-powered locomotive engines like this to a hybrid propulsion system. Photo courtesy of Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern started testing fully electric trains more than 15 years ago, and a number of companies are investing in them. But Raglin said the hybrid approach might be a better alternative.

A Norfolk Southern freight train pulled by Locomotive 7565, a GE ES44DC Evolution Series diesel locomotive.

The Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society, Inc. (RIPS) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Norfolk Southern Corporation to restore the historic Lehigh & New England (LNE) locomotive #611.

Norfolk Southern called it a small diesel fuel leak "common when locomotives are involved" that would be "vacuumed out." Norfolk Southern also said plastic pellets that spilled from one car mostly ...

Norfolk Southern responded to the derailment, saying a “small diesel fuel leak” which is “common when locomotives are involved, has been contained with booms and will be vacuumed out,” in ...

The east and westbound train tracks have been reopened following the Norfolk Southern train derailment and crash that spilled diesel fuel and plastic pellets along the Lehigh River near Bethlehem.

Norfolk Southern's Chief Sustainability Officer, Josh Raglin, sat down with 11Alive and discussed the weather's impact on freight rail and the company's energy efficiency initiatives.