Steam has returned to the Stewartstown Railroad for the first time in 83 years, giving a young trainman an opportunity to experience and learn how his ancestors mastered transportation without ...

It's the end of the line for Thomas the Tank Engine. The moon-faced, bright blue train will no longer stop at The Henry ...

SPENCER — Visitors can once again climb into the cab of an authentic steam locomotive, operating the engine themselves on the historic grounds of the N.C. Transportation Museum. An annual offering at ...

Few would assume that acquiring a rusting 1937 steam locomotive from a museum in Kansas represents a step forward for clean energy. But a collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s Institute ...

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten Mallard’s speed record while no one was looking… and being in production ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago. Even now, in the age of electric trains, SLs still enjoy deep-rooted popularity, and some ...

The evolution of the steam engine is among the milestones in the history of technology, transforming transport, industry, and society. While steam engines and pumps existed from the late 17th century, ...

WSRA bought Ditcheat Manor in 2008, three years after its boiler ticket expired, and discovered it needed "extensive and expensive" repairs. The locomotive has been on static display since 2010 and is ...