Roanoke, Va., headquarters of the former Norfolk & Western Railway and once known as the “Alamo for Steam,” is home to the ...

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...

The fireboxes have gone dark as Chinese authorities begin dismantling what was the world's final full-time user of steam power.

News Watch the Retired ‘Big Boy’ Steam Train Rescue a Stalled Freight Train in Nebraska Once one of the heaviest steam locomotives in the world, the Big Boy 4014 recently stumbled into a mission.

When we think of fast trains today we think of sleek, electric-powered bullet trains. But in the early 1900s, the fast trains of the day were all pulled by giant steam engines, some of them ...

A shortage of locomotives to power intermodal and other rail freight is looming because of restrictions on future production and current constraints stemming from carrier delays, industry experts ...

Russia wasn’t a world leader in making steam locomotives, but the country still managed to produce some successful models - some of which even surpassed those built in American and Europe.

Indian Railways The Railways will roll out a high-power electric locomotive early next year which will be used to haul freight trains at twice the existing speed.

Locomotives are some of the longest lasting machines in the world. Here are the oldest locomotives that are still in service on railways around the world.