The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad aims to restore iconic steam locomotive Santa Fe 3415 by Labor Day 2027, with the help of experts.

The 133-foot-long locomotive is the only Big Boy to still travel the tracks.

Cheyenne-based Big Boy 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will make its first ever coast-to-coast tour ...

Union Pacific has released new details on the schedule for its first-ever coast-to-coast tour of its 'Big Boy' historic ...

BALDWIN CITY — Steam power will reign again over the Labor Day weekend at the Midland Railway’s Railfest 2013. “A 1930-built, coal-fired steam locomotive, ‘Hank No. 75,’ will power excursion trains ...

It may not be a bullet train, but a steam locomotive made history this week as it became the first steam-driven train clocking 100 mph (161 km/h) on a British mainline track in over 50 years. On ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

The No. 332 was built in 1906. Over the past several years, extensive restoration has been done on the No. 332 and its operating condition meets all Federal Railroad Administration requirements for ...

I have to admit, I personally am not all that into trains. I mean, I like them, I understand their usefulness and how they've contributed to the creation of the modern-day society, and I have traveled ...

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 ...

The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...