We’ll walk through the basic components of a steam locomotive, including the boiler, where water is heated to create steam, and the pistons, which convert the steam pressure into mechanical motion.

Iowa Interstate Nos. 6988 and 7081: Both 2-10-2s await their 1,472-day boiler inspections with No. 6988 planned to be first, but based on fundraising and a decision for either LeaPTC or the full ...

The Northeast Large Scale Train Show, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society is coming to the Eastern State Exposition fairgrounds April 28 and 29.

The Redwood Forest Steam Train ride in California is a tribute to both the steam trains form the 1890s and America's ancient redwood forests ...

This was at a time when steam engineering was in its infancy, before factories, furnaces, railroads, or steamships. The first railroad train in the world did not begin to run until 1830. According to ...

With that in mind, a group of Pennsylvania train fans are bringing the alleged fastest steam train back from extinction. It takes real dedication to build a 428-ton device from scratch, but these ...

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals.

I’m a little ashamed to admit that when I arrived at the train depot in Durango, Colorado, for The Polar Express train ride, I had never read the book.I knew it existed and had been turned into ...

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 through the area.

They were turned by a quartet of double-acting steam cylinders with a 19.75-inch bore and 26-inch stroke—that’s a 522.1-liter four-cylinder in car parlance—under a force of 300 psi of steam ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, known as the world's largest steam train, will make its return to Utah next year as part of a six-state tour highlighting the historic train.