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 ...

Abstract: Pre-transmission parallel hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have various architectures, depending on the type and size of the engine-starter motor. Such architectural variations pose a design ...

Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

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

EUROPE: Leasing company Nexrail has ordered 20 Vossloh Rolling Stock DE18 SmartHybrid locomotives with updated specifications ...

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

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

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.

A historic steam engine's anniversary has reignited plans to bring it back to its former glory. On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the General Steam Navigation Locomotive 35011 celebrated 81 years since ...