Pulling freight trains or moving passengers – locomotives are the intelligent powerhouses of the rail network. Frank Schleier, Head of the Locomotives Platform in Alstom, has been working with heavy locomotive machinery for two decades and explains how these “rail workhorses” are becoming greener through ongoing innovation. Frank Schleier is head of the product platform for locomotives at Alstom. He started his career as an electrical engineer in 1992, working in different industry segments for international projects in tender management, sales and project management. Twenty years ago, he joined the railway industry and got paired with locomotives. Through leading positions in project management, product management and engineering he found his way to his present position. Since 2020, Frank Schleier has led the segment for electric railroads within the trade association ZVEI. As he travels a lot, he tries to safeguard his time on weekends to do leisure activities like riding e-bike, playing cards with his family and friends, and hiking in the forest or vineyards next to his home. (....)