I was sitting on our patio accompanied by a beautiful afternoon in mid-October where a blue sky was paintbrushed with clouds ...

The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of “make it bigger.” Articulated engines took that notion and doubled it both ...

Chris Guss CPKC will receive some much-needed motive power help starting next year in the form of a 170-unit order of new locomotives from Wabtec. The railroad has been heavily spending on capacity ...

Kamloops' beloved steam locomotive may be back on new tracks by 2026 to run one of the world's longest steam-powered rail excursions. After talks of keeping the historic train off the rails to ...

In 2024, focus shifted to activities involving locomotives and rolling stock. Of the 79 preservation stories on Trains News Wire this year, 47 relate to locomotives or railcars. Still, buildings did ...

“The Society’s committee unanimously agreed that the GWSR is the ideal base for the locomotive. We are very impressed with the facilities at Toddington, both for locomotives and for volunteers with ...

The new hybrid locomotives, designed for both electric and diesel power, are designed to meet the needs of construction sites along the railways. Credit: Stadler. Stadler has received a contract from ...

The LMS Patriot Project has released a small update on the work taking place on 5551 The Unknown Warrior. The locomotive has now been moved into the main erecting shop at Vintage Trains‘ Tyseley ...

mainly specialising in finely detailed scale models of 19th- and early 20th-century steam-powered road locomotives. “I make the entire engines from scratch,” she told the Ma lvern Gazette in 2007.

CHEYENNE — Union Pacific Railroad ended its eight-week Big Boy No. 4014 “Heartland of America” tour a little more than a month ago, and Ed Dickens and the Steam Team are looking full speed ...

The locomotive used for the project was bought from a scrapyard in the 1980s A charity working to restore a 1918 steam locomotive has been awarded a £151,200 grant to develop volunteer's heritage ...

A Victorian steam locomotive that has escaped being scrapped twice is back in action and pulling trains for the first time in 75 years. The 1893 London and South Western Railway T3 class No. 563 ...