Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

Story of five Missouri Pacific subsidiary I-GN Berkshire steam locomotives that didn’t live up to their potential ...

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

The Midland freight engine is the ... surface and 180 to 200 pounds steam pressure. In other words, according to the author of the paper, American locomotive practice \s based upon the principle ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I arrived at the Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture in Weed, California, the wrong way. As I drove up the dirt ...

American Flyer's No. 303 Reading ... In addition to the locomotive, what Kevin presumed was an entire set included three freight cars, one of which was a dark red stockcar he has managed to ...

Here are three more spots likely to fascinate anyone passionate about trains. Next to what used to be the Port of Kaohsiung’s cargo-handling docks, in a neighborhood often crowded with tourists going ...

Springfield: Historic steam locomotive to return to Mid-Continent Railway Museum.

Locals swear that Railroad Bill’s serves up the best omelets in the entire state of Iowa. That’s a bold claim in a state ...

A new study by the Federal Railroad Administration proposes dual-mode locomotives to help railroads save money in the switch ...