TRAIN LOVERS DID NOT WANT TO MISS THIS. THE TRAIN WHISTLE WAS LIKE MUSIC TO THIS CROWD AT UNION STATION TODAY. THE HISTORIC BIG BOY 4014 WAS RESTORED FOR THIS TOUR, COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ...

WEST CHICAGO, Ill. (WLS) -- The world's largest steam-powered locomotive is rolling its way through Chicago's suburbs, and drawing large crowds everywhere it goes. It's called the "Big Boy," and it's ...

Steam trains from the past continue to be an attraction in Cumbria. Beautiful landscapes and historic railways draw rail ...

On Independence Day, mechanical engineer Sanjay Wighmal debuted his miniature steam-powered locomotive engines at his Gurugram society- a humble beginning to the park he has in mind Generation Z ...

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 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, they ...

Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The steam engine, built in 1950, ...

On this day in 1804, the world's first steam-powered train hauled 10 tons of iron and 70 men for nine miles at a speed of five miles an hour in Merthyr Tydvil, South Wales, opening a century whose ...