If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other.

The Cass Scenic Railroad got its start in 1901 so Shay locomotives could bring lumber to the city of Cass. For more than 50 ...

MESSRS. EDITORS—"What is the horse power of a locomotive under the following circumstances, namely, eylindersfifteen inches in diameter ; stroke, twenty inches ; driving wheels, five feet ...

Here’s how it works. There is something so uniquely cinematic about trains, which must be why there are so many movies set on trains. It is one of the most underused modes of transportation ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

There, I gave you the answer already – the Union Pacific 4014 ‘Big Boy’ locomotive – the biggest, most powerful steam engine still in service. And Jay Leno blows the whistle on it while ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A 1.2-million-pound "Big Boy" locomotive returned Thursday to Fort Worth, delighting railfans who traveled from across the state to see the 83-year-old relic. The Union ...

Trains bring us up close and personal—both inside and outside the carriage. On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans ...

Eurostar trains offer a convenient way to travel between the U.K., the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.