Take a trip behind Norfolk and Western No. 611, an iconic steam locomotive recently restored and known for its sleek bullet shape.

Noel Poirier, executive director of the Age of Steam Roundhouse, walks near Canadian Pacific No. 1293, built in 1948 by Canadian Locomotive Co. It is one of two steam locomotives at the Age of Steam ...

In the 1930s, speed records became a matter of national prestige, and Nazi Germany used high speed locomotives as propaganda ...

(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...

In my day there were many more railroad crossings than now. Chattanooga was really and truly "Choo Choo City." John Wilson's new book about trains in Chattanooga most likely tells how many passenger ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Steam could breathe new life into the old Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse near Steelyard Commons. The Midwest Railway Preservation Society is already restoring a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive ...

OGDEN — A legendary locomotive made its return to Ogden this weekend. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 made a weekend stop that drew thousands of visitors of all ages to Union Station from its arrival ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...

LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at ...