And – thankfully for the travelling public – modern locomotives and units don’t tend to clatter-clat as much these days. Here we round up the 10 fastest diesel locomotives ever.

What sort of steam and early diesel power would have been used to go with the cars of that era of the MR&T? — Alfred Mullett • MR&T blue diesel locomotive roster in HO scale • MR&T blue-and-white ...

All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem ... it was withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. The film below the break is a fascinating window into the early part of the UK ...

The 2.4MW CoCo locomotives date from the early 1980s amd are used to operate regional passenger ... DSB has announced a programme to examine all 198 axles in use with the ME diesel fleet - a process ...

This early application was for tunnel work but it may be taken as the beginning of a new era in main-line transportation. In this era the steam locomotive has been transformed in appearance and ...

GE was awarded a contract by AEnergia in early 2015 to supply 100 of the six-axle 1067mm-gauge locomotives, which are equipped with 12-cylinder 2.2MW FDL12 diesel engines. Key features of the C30 ACi ...

The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for nearly 60 years since the era of the former Japanese National Railways. The Class DD51 replaced steam locomotives as the workhorse of ...