Innovative Rail Technologies

Engines of Change

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The locomotive market is in a state of flux with numerous options in multiple stages of design and test. Apologies for the all-too-obvious wordplays, but the market

Wabtec's NXT series debuts with four dynamic models, offering tractive efforts ranging from 26,000 pounds to 41,300 pounds. (Photo: Wabtec)
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Supply Side: Dominion Energy/IRT, Wabtec

Dominion Energy selects Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT) for a battery-electric locomotive project at Fort Cavazos, Texas. Also, Wabtec launches its next-generation railcar mover.

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Palmetto Railways, IRT Partner on BE Locomotive Retrofit

Palmetto Railways (PR), a division of the South Carolina Department of Commerce and Railway Age’s 2015 Short Line Railroad of the Year, is partnering with Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT) to convert two diesel-electric switcher

US Steel Goes Battery-Electric

United States Steel Corporation has converted two of its diesel-electric switcher locomotives at the Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson and Clairton Plants to battery-electric. Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT), a provider of customized