Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

“An unforeseen mechanical issue" was discovered during a test run of the steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225 before the ...

Deep in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a remarkable piece of history chugs along every single day. The coal mine in ...

In 1928, the Northern Pacific went shopping for a locomotive that could eliminate doubleheading on the eastern end of its ...

Iowans look on as Big Boy No. 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, rolls into Belle Plaine on Thursday afternoon. The Union Pacific engine is touring Midwestern and Southern ...

Ride sharing and self-driving cars may transform cities, but the key to really understanding modern metropolitan areas is the steam locomotive, according to new research. The researchers analyzed more ...

Jul. 18—CUMBERLAND — The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's No. 1309 steam engine is down temporarily for repairs but is expected to return to service in mid-August. Known as Maryland Thunder, the ...

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 ...

What if you could draw energy from the night sky without effort? That's the question that researchers at the University of ...

Engineering choices can force automakers to make adjustments down the road, like Chevrolet did with the implementation of ...

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 ...