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PEORIA, Ill. -- Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its Alabama-based railroad service unit will spend $820 million cash to acquire locomotive maker Electro-Motive Diesel. Caterpillar says ...

Caterpillar Inc.’s CAT arm, Progress Rail, BNSF Railway Company, and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation CVX have teamed up to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell locomotive ...

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), and Chevron have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the demonstration of a locomotive powered by hydrogen fuel ...

The aim is to showcase the hydrogen fuel’s viability and performance by checking if it can be utilised as an alternative to traditional fuels for line-haul rail. Credit: Shelley Pauls on Unsplash.

BNSF, Caterpillar, Inc. and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. have teamed on a locomotive pilot to “confirm the feasibility and performance of hydrogen fuel for use as a viable alternative to traditional fuels for ...