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 ...

With a talent for fixing up tractors, Mark H. Willemin, better known as “Caterpillar man,” became a master of his trade and was the man to visit when a tractor — especially a Caterpillar tractor — was ...

C.L. Best, Caterpillar Inc.'s first and longest-serving chairman, passed on getting into the automotive business back in 1898 when cars were still known as horseless carriages. The California-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 657 Caterpillar scraper is a combination tractor-scraper utilizing a 585-horsepower Cat C18 diesel in the tractor and a 447-horsepower C15 in the scraper. The transmission features Electronic ...