The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE will haul a special through Bromsgrove to mark the last steam engine to work out of London’s Paddington ...

The diesel 100 years later. From scrappy newcomer to industry standard, the story of diesel-electric locomotives starts with ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

The relocation of a historic steam engine has begun, nine months after volunteers were asked to remove it from Swindon.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena says he wants the world’s heaviest operational steam locomotive — Big Boy 4014 — to make its first ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As soon as the end of next year, Nashvillians could once again hear a distinct whistle that once rang through Music City as locomotive No. 576 pulled passengers and freight ...

WITH a puff of steam, a shrill whistle, and a rhythmic chug, the newly restored SR Merchant Navy class locomotive proved that ...

Work to restore former Nashville steam engine train and make it operational now closer to finishing than starting.clower Watertown hopes to refurbish turntable and become the steam engine train's ...

The relocation of the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam engine displayed near 14th Street West has begun as the coal ...

They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive. It’s not something an electric motor can give you, ever ...