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 ...

It isn't much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the "poster child" of the Super Power era of steam locomotives. "Berkshire," "Kanawha," "Big Emma" - regardless of ...

Read full article: Bedford County closes digital divide with $25 million boost in high-speed internet The Campbell County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing before deciding on regulations that ...

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 ...

The Battle of Britain class steam locomotive 34067, also known as Tangmere, was pictured at Carlisle railway station this year. This locomotive was introduced in 1945 by the Southern Railway and is ...

Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

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 ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon ...

The SP&S 539 steam locomotive that had been displayed in Esther Short Park for 40 years made a return to Vancouver on Friday. The partially disassembled locomotive, built in 1917 in Dunkirk, N.Y., ...

It hasn’t run in decades, its boiler is cold, and its steel bones are scattered in pieces across a rail yard — but for $50,000, the dream of breathing life into a century-old steam locomotive, and ...