Further enhancements to the design beyond yard duties culminated in Baldwin Locomotive Works' compounding system, using ...

After all, most of the United States replaced steam-powered locomotives in the late 1950s and early 1960s with their diesel ...

The nominal horse power of a locomotive of the dimensions given and performing, as described, is eight hundred. This is estimated by multiplying the pressure of the steam per inch on the area of ...

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 ...

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road.William Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor. In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his ...

It’s what our goals are," said Franklin. The locomotives that pull those trains are both diesel and steam powered, but the steam locomotives draw a lot of attention. Included are the "Southern ...

Rail enthusiasts and history lovers will have a rare opportunity to see Locomotion No. 1 return to Darlington.

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive is to visit the world's oldest railway. Furness 20, built in 1863, will be at ...