Three Union Pacific locomotives, including the world's largest steam locomotive, will be stopping in Buffalo during a tour to ...

Big Boy 4014 is one of only eight left in existence, and the only one remaining in operation. It was restored to celebrate ...

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 ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 will travel coast-to-coast in commemoration of the semiquincentennial.

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2023 ISSUE: In the diesel-electric era, it’s unprecedented: It looks as though we will see three consecutive years with no new locomotives built for the North American market. This ...

The train moved under its own power for the first time since 1952, following more than 30 years of restoration work by museum volunteers.

The White Pass and Yukon is a three foot narrow gauge railroad that stretches from the port town of Skagway, Alaska northward over the coastal mountains and into British Columbia, Canada and the Yukon ...

Locomotive 41, a popular tourist attraction at Knott’s Berry Farm in Southern California, has undergone an extensive 20-month restoration in Durango and is now back in service at the theme park.

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The state of California is planning to make all its passenger rail 100% emissions-free by 2035. A prototype HFC (hydrogen fuel cell) trainset, the Stadler FLIRT H2, has been tested and will begin ...

If you ride the MBTA commuter rail north of Boston, you might be lucky enough to take a train with a retro-looking locomotive leading the way. A refurbished locomotive, painted maroon and yellow in ...

Remote-controlled railroad locomotives have been in use in U.S. railroad yards for decades, railroad experts say. A worker with a controller is often on the ground with their eyes on the train during ...