Several modern locomotives that ran on steam engines kept getting better with time. One of the most famous examples of steam technology in terms of locomotives was the 5AT project.

Steam locomotives are iconic symbols of Industrial Revolution and transportation history. But have you ever wondered how these massive machines work? In this video, we will explain how steam ...

Last week the Pennsy increased its lead even more, signed up for an additional 214 locomotives costing $55 million, the biggest diesel order on record.

The Pennsylvania Railroad, known as "the Pennsy" or simply "the PRR," was once the largest corporation in the world, and at the close of World War II in 1945, it operated over 4,000 steam locomotives.

The new order will give Pennsy the largest number of diesel locomotives (820) of any U.S. railroad. * American Locomotive, Baldwin Locomotive, General Motors, Fairbanks Morse, General Electric and ...

According to Gellner’s research, steam locomotives outsold diesels 4-to-1 in 1936. By 1948 only 13 steam engines were purchased, compared to 2,800 diesels.

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them th… ...