The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is being readied for a spectacle that will stretch from ocean to ocean in 2026 ...

Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a ...

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 ...

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

The No. 332 was built in 1906. Over the past several years, extensive restoration has been done on the No. 332 and its operating condition meets all Federal Railroad Administration requirements for ...

LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at ...

To view a photo slide show of Challenger No. 3985, click here.To view a video click here. That 11-year-old Cooper Dalluge is fascinated with train lore is obvious. As his family waits for Challenger ...

With its distinctive air-smoothed casing and unique design features, ‘257 Squadron’ remains one of Britain’s most individual ...

In this Monday, April 15, 2019 photo, a locomotive is displayed at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. (Marvin Fong/The Plain Dealer via AP) SUGARCREEK (AP) — Jerry Jacobson was a young ...