Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

According to Union Pacific, eight Big Boy engines remain in existence, but only No. 4014 continues to operate. The seven ...

Work has been progressing over the last year to get Kamloops’ historic 2141 steam locomotive back to touring  the Thompson ...

Watertown, a town in Wilson County of about 1,550 residents as of the 2020 census, experiences a tourism boon 16-18 Saturdays per year when the train comes to town. The Tennessee Railway Museum's ...

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 ...

MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- After a four-decade career in the railroad industry that mostly included selling tickets as a station agent in Wilton, retired Montevallo resident Bill Legg still gets excited ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...

South Devon Railway is kicking off the new year with the return of its Winter Steam Gala. The three-day event which finishes ...

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 ...