Prepare to dive deep into the electrifying world of steam locomotives breaking speed barriers that still amaze railway ...

Earlier this year, the Milwaukee County Zoo announced that the popular zoo train's two steam locomotive engines would be retired and replaced by custom-built diesel engines. No changes have been ...

The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern Preservation Society in Wisconsin Dells. The No. 1916 engine is leaving the zoo ...

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 ...

ARCADE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & Attica Railroad. The 104-year-old locomotive underwent a seven-year restoration effort by the railroad.

Locomotive 576 (WKRN photo) After it was put out of service, the steam engine became the backdrop of thousands of family photos in Centennial Park. Kids would climb on the train and play in the ...

along with the TTT-6 steam locomotive No. 5511 and Centennial diesel locomotive No. 6936, for delivery to the nonprofit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America. The donated equipment will be towed ...

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered ...

It was built in Roanoke in the 1950s and is the last remaining locomotive of its kind. It’s widely regarded as among the most powerful and sophisticated passenger steam engines ever built.

There is no noisy diesel engine and no smelly exhaust. The locomotive emits nothing but a stream of steam. “We didn’t want to approach the public by showing renderings of what could be possible.