SUNOL — Steam engines are alive, says Ronald Vale. “It sits there and it hisses at you. You hear the whine of the turbo generator. … The air pump will pump. It’s just more alive than a diesel ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is being readied for a spectacle that will stretch from ocean to ocean in 2026 ...

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS) revealed a major cosmetic change to historic steam locomotive no. 765 on Friday. In a move to honor its unique history and ...

BE A PRIVATE EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 67 YEAR STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. 2926 IS MAKING TRACKS AND GOING PLACES TODAY FROM ITS HOME YARD ON EIGHTH STREET TO A PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT A BREWPUB A MILE AND A ...

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 places, but ...

Havana, Aug 4 (EFE).Havana, Aug 4 (EFE). — Havana’s workshop for steam locomotives, an openair curiosity that in recent years has attracted a stream of tourists and experts, will disappear in a few ...

When the locomotives met, their boilers exploded almost simultaneously, hurling metal fragments and debris high into the air.

It’s springtime, and train rides are coming back to Jamestown just in time to celebrate the Sierra Railway’s 125 years in the Mother Lode. And now an 87-ton piece of local railroad history, Steam ...

Seeing Jon C. Lakey’s extraordinary photo in Monday’s Post reminded me of a funny story from the newspaper’s past about steam locomotives. Jon’s photo has to be the best among the hundreds of images ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A craze swept America around the beginning of the 20th century: Inviting spectators to watch two steam locomotives running at high speeds crash into each other head-on. And it likely ...

In my last Ron Devlin’s History Book, I wrote about Reading Railroad locomotives being used to generate steam for the Reading Steam Heat & Power Co. after a 1958 fire. Bill Richardson of Reading ...