At the Union Pacific crossing on Stevenson Avenue in the tiny Weld County enclave of Carr, dozens of people were waiting for a historic moment – the arrival of the Big Boy 4014 steam locomotive. Built ...

The Metrolink commuter railroad on Monday unveiled the first of 40 clean-air locomotives that will replace its aging fleet of diesel engines in an effort to reduce harmful exhaust emissions across the ...

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

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PARSONS, Kan. — An icon of America’s railroading past will make an overnight stop in Parsons on its way through the region during a monthlong tour. Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive, Engine No.

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...

State-of-the-art locomotives stand ready to make their mark on what is ideally a power-hungry industry. Problem is, with traffic down, the railroads aren’t so hungry for new power. Tier 4 locomotives ...

Richard Trevithick, British inventor of the first functioning steam locomotive, received a Google Doodle on Google UK for his 240th birthday. Trevithick was born in 13 April 1771 and died 22 April ...

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