The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon ...

Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model trains. The next generation was mildly connected to them. More recently, ...

Bohall is one of two dozen volunteers helping restore a 1930 Temple Lumber Company steam engine locomotive.

The first thing you might notice about the restored locomotive departing from Old Sacramento is the billowing cloud of steam pouring out of the shiny, black engine, stamped with the name Granite Rock ...

It was like Christmas morning for Maxwell Merry. His mom, Jordan, said Max was up at 5 a.m. and ready to head out to be one of the first train enthusiasts in northern Ohio to greet the Nickel Plate ...

West Somerset Railway’s Autumn Steam Weekend (17–19 Oct) showcases rare fireless locomotive Boots Number 1, historic engines, ...

A restored replica of Locomotion No 1 will return to the birthplace of railways to recreate its first famous journey. Tens of thousands of people lined the route on 27 September 1825 to witness ...

On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam-powered railway engine to run on a public railway — George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 — made its 26-mile journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway between ...

West Somerset Railway’s Autumn Steam Weekend (17–19 Oct) showcases r Boots Number 1, historic engines, and GWR 813.

Steam Incorporated’s 1915-built steam locomotive Ab 608 “Passchendaele” will be making its Art Deco debut this year. Named in memory of New Zealand’s railwaymen who fell at the Battle of Passchendaele ...