Price: Direct-current models, $150; with pre-installed Digital Command Control motor decoder, $250; with pre-installed DCC and sound decoder, $350 Era: 2021 to present Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc., 100 ...

Amtrak has exercised an option with Siemens Mobility for an additional 50 ALC-42 (“Amtrak Long-Distance Charger, 4,200 HP”) diesel-electric locomotives, bringing the total contract value to $2 billion ...

Amtrak has a new locomotive that will be the face of the rail corporation. The ALC-42 Siemens Chargers can reach a top speed of 125 miles per hour while burning less diesel. An $850 million contract ...

If there are two criticisms you could levy at modern American passenger rail services, the two biggest are as follows. One, they're way too slow, and two, the rolling stock is as old as the hills.

(RTTNews) - Siemens Mobility said Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States, has ordered an additional 50 Charge Locomotives from the company. This order builds on ...

Amtrak announced late last month that it has ordered 50 more Charge Locomotives from Siemens Mobility on top of an initial order of 75 of the diesel-electric units. According to Amtrak, the ...

Amtrak and Siemens Mobility North America came together at Chicago Union Station to launch the ALC-42, the next generation of long-distance locomotives, on the Empire Builder. Railway Track & ...