The first two, IHB 1506 and 1508, arrived in in 2017, while I was a field service engineer for Railpower. We then received two more CNG locomotives in 2018, IHB 1504 and 1514. “In 2019, we rebuilt ...

Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said Tuesday that it agreed to buy locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. of La Grange for $820 mi… ...

The EMD SW 1500 locomotives originally were built for the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway between 1968 and 1970. NASA acquired them in 1983 to replace aging ex-Army Alco S2 locomotives.

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 ...

Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS The long nose end of a SW 1500 yard train is parked alone on the siding near the Decatur depot Wednesday morning awaiting relocation to another switch yard.