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

Earlier this year, the Milwaukee County Zoo announced that the popular zoo train's two steam locomotive engines would be retired and replaced by custom-built diesel engines. No changes have been made ...

The evolution of the steam engine is among the milestones in the history of technology, transforming transport, industry, and society. While steam engines and pumps existed from the late 17th century, ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE – The special Denver-to-Cheyenne train for Cheyenne Frontier Days will be thundering along the Front Range again this year with the return of Union Pacific’s No. 844 steam locomotive. The ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

Remember that train engine that used to sit in Centennial Park? It’s on its way back to the rails. The restoration process for steam engine 576 (proper name Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis 576) ...

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 ...