A LUXURY train is set to pull into Carlisle next weekend bringing back the glamour of the golden age of steam. The Northern ...

The 1950s and 1960s were a challenging time for the railways and the decisions made then are still felt today.

The Maunsell Locomotive Society has issued an update on the project to overhau1 Q Class 0-6-0 No.541. At the Leaky Finders ...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IWSR) is saying a fond farewell to one of its locomotives, which is going to a new home near ...

The 1.2 million pound Big Boy steam locomotive was built in the 1940s to conquer mountains while carrying equipment during World War II. Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December ...

were actually sent over. Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

If you want to understand the past, look at the railways, writes the author of a new illustrated guide to British rail ...

This book gives an insight into how, since they first arrived in the UK 25 years ago, Class 66 locomotives have become such a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is in Kansas City, Missouri. Union Pacific’s No. 4014, aka “Big Boy,” arrived at Union Station Tuesday evening and ...

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, on Oct. 17, 2024, in North Topeka. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The train named Big Boy was late.