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Startup aims to capture carbon from diesel locomotive exhaust

Add carbon capture to the list of potential ways railroads could reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their fleets of diesel-electric locomotives. Remora, a Michigan-based startup company ...
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Calling all Bay Area train enthusiasts! Want to own a piece of Caltrain's history?: Here's how

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Caltrain is going electric with the roll out of its new fleet of rail cars. But, what does that mean for the gas-powered trains? If you're a train enthusiast, you may have the ...
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Transportation Museum event offers opportunity to pilot 70-year-old diesel locomotive

SPENCER — Train enthusiasts young and old were allowed to man the controls to an old diesel locomotive on Saturday as part of the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s “At the Throttle Diesel” event.
The New York Times

Locomotive 4207, on the Rails for 60 Years and Still Hauling Commuters

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...
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California’s Newsom signs bill to restrict the sale of old diesel trains

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a measure Monday that will ban public rail agencies from selling their oldest diesel locomotives after they’ve been retired. What happened: Newsom approved SB 30, a ...