Big Boy No. 4014, described as "the Elvis Presley of locomotives," could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a matter of weeks.

The beast has a number, ATSF 5000. More famously perhaps, it has a name that reflects its high status and the respect she ...

It’s an annual tradition for The Last Word to update the restoration of a Climax-A locomotive originally built in Corry in ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

The world-famous Flying Scotsman will return to The Watercress Line this spring. The historic steam locomotive, originally ...

Locomotive leasing company Nexrail has ordered an additional 20 DE 18 Stage V Smart Hybrid locomotives from Vossloh Rolling ...

When the locomotives met, their boilers exploded almost simultaneously, hurling metal fragments and debris high into the air.

Here we round up the 10 fastest diesel locomotives ever.

Greenville Electric Utility System (GEUS) has broken ground on a 104-MW power plant that will deploy 11 Jenbacher J920 FleXtra reciprocating engines, marking the largest U.S. installation of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A train derailed in western Colorado on Tuesday, crashing into the Gunnison River south of Grand Junction, investigators said. The Union Pacific Railroad ...

Having unbalanced V-twin engines bolted directly to their steel frames is one reason Harley-Davidsons vibrate so much. To alleviate the vibrations, Harley-Davidson began using rubber-mounted engines ...