A 15-ton train traction motor near the end of its life enters a bay door on one side of General Electric Co.’s shop in North Las Vegas. The part is split into its motor and gear. Over the span of a ...

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Traction Motor (TM) lockup in a locomotive can be disruptive to a railway’s operations. While modern locomotives are equipped with many onboard diagnostic sensors to ...

Going way back in time, in 1966, traction motor power of North American diesel-electric locomotives was far less than that of Soviet Union electric locomotives. For example, individual traction motor ...

CSX Transportation will buy 100 new locomotives, upgrade 50 more and purchase a suite of digital services in a $670 million deal with Wabtec Corp. announced late Monday afternoon. The new locomotives ...

The 40 new commuter rail locomotives delivered to the MBTA late last year at a cost of $222 million have all been sidelined to have their traction motor bearings replaced after the manufacturer ...

Romania’s state-owned passenger railway provider CFR Călători has contracted ABB to upgrade its electric locomotives. 19 Electroputere LE 5100 locomotives will receive “complete traction chains” to ...