There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

Steam power has been all but out of the picture for mainline rail operations in the United States since about 1960, relegated to the status of novelty by diesels and electrics. Right as the fireboxes ...

Steam engines are antiquated machines that most people probably can’t say they’ve ever seen run in person, much less in actual service. Tuesday morning, however, a few Pennsylvanians bore witness to a ...

THE NEW Class 730 electric trains on the Cross City Line have recorded the fastest speed up the Lickey Incline - the UK’s ...