A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing ...

The MTA of New York has given the green light to Wabtec's R255 hybrid battery-diesel work locomotives for its subway maintenance operations.

Locomotives are the mighty machines that make trains go! From the earliest steam engines puffing smoke to today’s super-speedy electric trains, locomotives have been powering railways for over 200 ...

Among the elements of America’s carbon-based industries and infrastructure being impacted by electrification, transportation ...

Pennsylvania Railroad T1 technology. A slippery story of poppet valves, streamlining, and a possible world speed record.

One of the most fascinating aspects of the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum is its role during World War II. This unassuming ...

Volunteers rebuilding the track at Shillingstone station hope to run passenger trains there in 2026. Locomotives will sound their whistles and horns to mark 200 years of passenger rail travel.

Inside the engine house ... some logs in the locomotive's firebox to bring up the steam pressure needed to power Jupiter, his crew focused on polishing the many brass railings and fittings on the ...

The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of ...

The locomotive performed well during the line’s Cotswold Festival of Steam and is currently at the Battlefield Line for their Santa trains. 6880 will arrive at its new base in February 2025 after ...

Steam trains are a big part of British ... The service will be powered by the iconic 70000 Britannia locomotive, a British Railways Standard class 7 engine, alternatively known as the Britannia ...