We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

Progress Rail Services has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) for $820 million in cash from Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC. Upon completion ...

Working with the Rail Division of parent company Caterpillar Inc., Progress Rail/Electro-Motive Diesel is developing two LNG (liquefied natural gas) systems for the EMD 710 Series engine: Dynamic Gas ...

Caterpillar Inc. on Aug. 31 marked the 100th anniversary of EMD®. Founded as Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation, EMD is now a product brand of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company. (Courtesy of ...

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation is joining forces with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD), to assemble diesel electric locomotives in India. Bombardier will deliver diesel locomotives ...

The UK’s GB Railfreight (GBRf) is procuring new locomotives from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) and Europorte, a subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel, to support growth and boost its existing fleet. As part ...

Back in the late 1800s, railroads unified the U.S. by making it possible for people to travel from coast to coast in relative comfort and for freight to be hauled faster than by ship. The first trains ...

ALBERTVILLE -- Progress Rail Services has signed an agreement to purchase Electro-Motive Diesel for $820 million in cash from Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group. Upon completion of the ...

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. has received China Classification Society Certificate of Approval for its 710 GC family of Marine Diesel Engines. This most recent certification is in addition to American ...

Progress Rail Services has agreed to pay $820 million in cash for Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), a designer and manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications. It ...

Electo-Motive Inc., a division of General Motors, has received the 2004 Illinois Governor’s Pollution Prevention Award, according to a release from the company. The company, based in LaGrange, Ill., ...

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. announced that it received US EPA certification for emissions kits according to EPA rule 40 CFR Part 1042, which requires a 25% reduction in particulate matter emissions.