We all know General Motors as an automaker. However, GM also has a storied past in various other industries that many might not consider. In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing ...

From the September 1990 issue of Car and Driver. We've been giddy from speed in Cor­vette ZR-1s and dizzy from the price of Cadillac Allantés, but we've never driven a General Motors product that ...

News & Products for the week of November 2nd 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by ...

Locomotives powered by electricity have been around for over a century, with rail lines like the now-defunct Pennsylvania Rail Road starting electric operations as early as 1905. However, the average ...

Although diesel locomotives first came to American railroads in the 1920s, their use was confined to switch engines, and later to passenger train locomotives. It wasn't until 1940 that the Electro ...

It’s official. EMD now is under new ownership and leadership, and operating under a new name: Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Yesterday, Greenbriar Equity Group L.L.C. and Berkshire Partners L.LC.

Today, GATX Rail announced it acquired General Motors Corp. Electro-Motive Division's (EMD) interest in Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLP). Terms weren't disclosed. Half-owner of LLP with EMD since the ...