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 ...

The basic hinge concept remained, yet the articulated steam locomotive was no longer a one-trick pony. These monstrous racehorses could gallop at high speeds on mainline fast freights, and even ...

The B&O Railroad Museum is beginning its full cosmetic restoration of American Freedom Train No. 1, the former Reading Co.

A Bethlehem museum is adding world-renowned photographs to its list of collections. WDIY’s James Zipprodt reports.

iStock Built in the final days of steam, the showman's road locomotive powered fast and popular fairground rides until it was retired in 1946 Tim Schofield, from Bonhams, said the ornately painted ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.