The historic 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive is about to set off on the first portion of its coast-to-coast ...

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 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 ...

North County Transit District has approved the purchase of five new diesel locomotives for $37 million to replace the original used engines it bought in 1992. The sleeker, more powerful engines will ...

This orange, yellow, and black locomotive might not look all that impressive. Most freight locomotives on America’s rails today look just like it! This locomotive was also built at the tail end of ...

Even while competing for valuable, and sometimes smelly work, old steam trains crews took pride in their job and skills ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) – Dollywood is investigating after one of the historic steam engines of the Dollywood Express train caught fire Sunday. According to a Dollywood spokesperson, Engine No. 70 ...

Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually, at a time when railroads and other ...