Compared to their traditional reciprocating rod-driven counterparts, geared steam locomotives can be seen as “oddballs” to ...

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 ...

A train which is powered purely on hydrogen is now undergoing tests with those behind it hoping it could help move the ...

While the other locomotives are all-electric, the H 2/3 is steam-powered and regularly runs for tourists. The Norfolk and Western 475 steam locomotive started life at the Norfolk and Western ...

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

Missouri Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, display a variety typical of their era. The “MoPac,” as it was called, ...

To achieve variable torque, they employed superchargers driven by a set of even-smaller ... it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and ...

The Highline Express will return for the 2025 summer season at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad!

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The Watercress Line is inviting people to be among the first passengers to be hauled by newly restored Canadian Pacific when ...

Restoring a locomotive decommissioned in 1975 ... DE10 diesel train incorporated to supplement the operations of its steam-driven counterpart. The Environment Ministry designated Nikko city ...