New York Central demanded diverse diesel equipment ... replacing steam engines in cramped yards in densely populated cities.

A Wabtec R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotive for New York’s MTA testing on the track in Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New ...

New York Central engineers aboard the train asserted that neither electric nor Diesel-electric locomotives could surpass the rating of the new Twentieth Century engine. Although the new locomotive ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York has given the green light to Wabtec's R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotives for its subway maintenance operations. This move is ...