General Electric Co. plans to end most locomotive manufacturing at a century-old Pennsylvania factory as the company looks to cut costs amid a sharp downturn in the domestic rail market. As many as ...

Most railfans will not dispute this statement: The most iconic General Electric locomotives to be employed by Amtrak were the Genesis series. These streamlined, monocoque-body (single shell) ...

General Electric is giving up full control of its century-old rail division as the conglomerate's empire continues to shrink. GE, an early pioneer of the locomotive industry, agreed on Monday to merge ...

General Electric Co.GE-3.74%decrease; red down pointing triangle is looking to exit from the railroad business, one of its oldest, as new Chief Executive John Flannery seeks to streamline the ...

The year ahead seems likely to be one of seismic change for GE Transportation. But there's one change that appears unlikely to happen on schedule and as planned, and that's good news for the union ...

General Electric just spun off its century-old railroad division to Wabtec. Factory workers immediately went on strike to protest the new owner’s push for mandatory overtime and pay cuts for new hires ...

GE Transportation has been battered by a drop of about 10% in the last couple years in North American freight railcar loads. Thousands of locomotives are sitting unused amid dwindling coal production ...