After all, most of the United States replaced steam-powered locomotives in the late 1950s and early 1960s with their diesel ...

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 ...

Without much in the way of power electronics ... axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and ...

Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

Norfolk & Western Class A locomotive No. 1218, the 2-6-6-4 built by the railroad’s East End Shops in Roanoke in 1943, will be ...

Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley applied his European experience, along with his work on steam motorcar M-104 back ...

It’s what our goals are," said Franklin. The locomotives that pull those trains are both diesel and steam powered, but the steam locomotives draw a lot of attention. Included are the "Southern ...

Steam trains are making a comeback in South Africa. Although steam belongs to a bygone era when these types of trains powered ...

Now, although the American locomotives were ordered to be built of the same power as the Midland standard ... and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would probably have sent ...

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.