The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Metro-North Railroad in New York have already ordered 13 of these battery-electric locomotives for their railcar fleet expansion.

Siemens Mobility has introduced its brand-new passenger locomotive, The Charger B+AC, which is set to be the first battery-electric powered passenger locomotive to enter service within North America.

Tomas Andreas Elejalde - general manager of the Medellin Metro. (Photo: People stand near railroad tracks as a train carries the body of Robert Kennedy on June 8, 1968.

MTA Metro-North Railroad has ordered 13. (Editor’s Commentary: The Charger B+AC can more accurately be designated a “dual-power electric-battery” locomotive. “Dual-mode” has traditionally been ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The battery-electric versions of the Siemens Charger locomotives to be built for MTA’s Metro-North Railroad will be known as the Charger B+AC, Siemens said today (June 27, 2025).

Montreal’s exo has awarded a contract to Siemens Mobility to design, manufacture and commission 10 Charger locomotives, marking the second order Siemens Mobility has been awarded for Charger ...

When the Medellin Metro opened in 1995, the Colombian city had recently been called the “murder capital of the world” due to the high homicide rate caused by Pablo Escobar’s drug wars.

The Ministry of Railways on Monday (23 June) firmly rebutted allegations raised by Congress leader Brijendra Singh regarding the Dahod electric locomotive factory project in Gujarat, jointly ...

New Delhi: The Congress expressed strong concern over fairness and transparency in awarding the locomotive manufacturing contract to Siemens, worth Rs 26,000 crore. The party demanded immediate ...

The ministry of railways on Friday rejected allegations raised by the Congress about the locomotive manufacturing plant in Dahod,Gujarat, that is jointly operated by Siemens and Indian Railways ...

Railway Ministry rejects ‘conflict of interest’ charges over Siemens securing multi-crore Dahod locomotives tender Indian Railways responded to questions raised about German manufacturer ...

New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) The Congress on Monday raised questions over the process by which a contract for manufacturing 9,000 horsepower locomotives was awarded to Siemens by the Indian Railways, a ...