This legendary 'Big Boy' train has finished its major restoration project and is set to make a big return in 2026. Here's ...

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

I have to admit, I personally am not all that into trains. I mean, I like them, I understand their usefulness and how they've contributed to the creation of the modern-day society, and I have traveled ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive ...

The Norfolk & Western Class J #611 steam locomotive is designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Design News had the ...

To an energy engineer, there is nothing more awesome than live steam locomotives because that is where our discipline began. Drawn by the allure of steam, I took a day trip over the holiday to visit a ...

A steam train built in 1937 is getting a makeover that will turn it into a “higher-speed” locomotive that runs on biocoal, a coal-like fuel made with woody plant material. When finished, the train ...

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENERGY STORY: How These Locomotives Used Energy and What Was Done to Make Them More Efficient. By Walter Simpson. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover, 144 ...