The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

The train moved under its own power for the first time since 1952, following more than 30 years of restoration work by museum ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENERGY STORY: How These Locomotives Used Energy and What Was Done to Make Them More Efficient. By Walter Simpson. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover, 144 ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

A historic steam locomotive built in 1912 still runs on active railway tracks in Canada, offering a rare glimpse into early rail travel. Volunteers restored the engine after decades of neglect, ...

Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The steam engine, built in 1950, ...