Grounded in central Illinois throughout its century-long history, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has seemingly been smitten by corporate wanderlust of late, moving its headquarters from ...

Caterpillar Inc. employees marked a major milestone, commemorating the production of 75,000 wheel tractor-scrapers at the Decatur, Ill., facility. The historic machine, an open-bowl, twin-engine 627K, ...

War, in all its horrors, tends to breed innovation and accelerate technological development. There's hardly a better example than the First World War, where the stalemate of trench warfare on the ...

The story of how Caterpillar came to central Illinois started more than a decade before the company was officially created. Caterpillar, as it is known today, was created through the merger of Holt ...

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Donald Trump told a crowd at his first campaign rally since becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president that he had better knowledge of equipment produced by ...

Caterpillar is moving faster in expanding its line of Navistar-built Cat Trucks following the 2011 introduction of its original CT660 with a setback steer axle. Last fall brought the CT681, with a ...

EAST PEORIA — Forty years ago this month, the doors of a new factory just across the Illinois River from Caterpillar Inc. headquarters opened for the first time to reveal a radically updated and ...

“We really enjoy working with old tractors and preserving that history,” said David Lott, of North Platte. He said he enjoys showcasing the different types of engineering, and explained that in the ...

In each issue of Diesel Power, the Baselines department will take a look back at the history of diesel-powered vehicles. This peek into the past of diesels will cover powerplants, historic diesel ...

EUCHEEANNA — While taking breaks from serving as a doctor of internal medicine and cardiology, James Sheppard spent two weeks every summer for 47 years exploring 42 states and Canada on unique ...