Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

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 ...

This is an arrangement f or regulating the amount of air which is supplied to a coal-burning locomotive ... and the blast created by the escape steam is not enough for this, therefore some ...

In the middle of the last century, as the industry moved away from steam ... locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the huge torque required to start a fully loaded train ...

Stunning 3D scans have revealed the inner workings of the world’s oldest model locomotive ... coal in places like Leeds, as an engine could haul more than 20 times its own weight, powered by steam.

As Denver7 highlights one videographer's shoot of the last coal-burning train on the Durango-Silverton railroad, we were ...

A 143-year tradition came to an end a year ago this week as No. 481 marked the last of the Durango & Silverton's steam ...

Tobu Railway Co. embarked on a test run on Jan. 31 to see how well the train ... the steam locomotive engine’s fire, which then protects their boilers. As much as 530 tons of coal was poured ...

Steam engines and steam-powered train travel began not long ... had worked building steam locomotives for coal mines. A photograph of the steam locomotive, 'Locomotion No. 1', built by engineer ...

A nine-month long festival will celebrate the 200th anniversary of a pioneering steam-powered passenger ... a replica of the Locomotion No 1 locomotive, coal wagons and the first passenger ...

WE’RE WORKING TO GET AN UPDATE ON T First responders are on the scene after a coal truck collided with a train in Somerset County Monday afternoon. Somerset County dispatch confirmed to ...