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

This legendary 'Big Boy' train has finished its major restoration project and is set to make a big return in 2026. Here's ...

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the ...

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

Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] ARCADE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & ...

An anonymous donor has given £200,000 towards the restoration of a famous locomotive that appeared in The Railway Children. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) will rebuild steam engine No 5775 ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

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

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 ...