Train design didn’t change gradually after World War II, it changed suddenly. A catastrophic boiler explosion in 1948 exposed ...

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

Trains are a popular concept in the lengthy queue of Lego set fan ideas, and one potential set has ties to Michigan. Fans have started two separate petitions on the Lego website to get the Pere ...

Europe’s Christmas markets hardly need help feeling charming, but somehow trains make them even more so. While the rails carry you past storybook villages and evergreen-studded hills, the journey ...

The historic steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225, which was pulled from service two weeks ago, has been repaired and will lead the North Pole Express this weekend, the Steam Railroading Institute ...

OWOSSO, Mich. (WNEM) - Did you know Owosso is home to one of the largest steam locomotives ever made? It also transforms into an entire Christmas experience—a tradition now running for two decades.

A roughly half-acre parcel in downtown Hartford that was once eyed for a 100,000-square-foot office building has been sold to Hartford Steam Boiler. A deed received by the city on Nov. 20 shows the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A boiler at a glue-making factory in eastern Pakistan exploded on Friday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 21 others. The force of the blast destroyed the factory ...

NEW FREEDOM, Pa. — After spending the last two years out of service, the William H. Simpson No. 17 steam locomotive has returned home to York County, Northern Central Railway of York announced. Built ...