A locomotive that served Dorset from the 1930s will star in a three-day steam gala. The volunteer run Swanage Railway, will ...

Eskom has entered into a lease agreement for its historically significant steam locomotives in a bid to ensure the ...

Built in 1929, the locomotive worked in the coal industry until 1972, when it was bought by a vintage vehicle collector named ...

In its heyday as “The Standard Railroad of the World,” the Pennsylvania Railroad had thousands of trackside industries systemwide to service. Each needed regular switching, and many were located in ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new diesel locomotive, Engine No. 2025, to its train fleet this summer. An inaugural ride ...

New Cape Central Railway offers winding trips across the Cape Central Valley, through the province’s world-famous winelands ...

One small word keeps coming up among those anticipating this week's historic visitor to Eastern Iowa. 'This is obviously kind of a big deal,' said Darren Ferreter. 'This is a big deal,' echoed Nick ...

The public can also ride in the brake van of a demonstration 1950s freight train, with tickets available from the Swanage Railway website.

The steam locomotive "SL Yamaguchi" carrying some 200 passengers rolled to an unexpected halt about 4.5 kilometers from Niho ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...