General Motors tested several new diesel engine designs during the early 1930s. One successful result was the Winton 201 series, a two-stroke eight-cylinder that produced 600 hp at 720 rpm.

By 1950 the general form of a diesel locomotive with a frame containing the power plant supported by bogies carrying traction equipment was well established, but the Fell eschewed this layout in ...

After witnessing the assembly of its turbo 186-liter V-16 diesel engine, we take a test drive at the helm of General Motors' Electro-Motive SD-60 locomotive.

In the 1980s, EMD (at the time, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, now Electro-Motive Diesel, a division Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company), teamed with Siemens to develop six-axle ...

In a series hybrid, there are two motors: a diesel generator and an electric motor (diesel-electric). This was first used in ships in the 1900s and would see increasing use in railway locomotives ...