A real train lover can’t help but feel drawn to the gritty strength of a diesel motor. Though today leans into silent, sleek ...

Take a trip behind Norfolk and Western No. 611, an iconic steam locomotive recently restored and known for its sleek bullet shape.

In the 1930s, speed records became a matter of national prestige, and Nazi Germany used high speed locomotives as propaganda symbols of technological dominance. Britain responded with the LNER Class ...

Noel Poirier, executive director of the Age of Steam Roundhouse, walks near Canadian Pacific No. 1293, built in 1948 by Canadian Locomotive Co. It is one of two steam locomotives at the Age of Steam ...

There are few machines that convey speed and power better than the Pennsylvania Railroad’s S1 locomotive. A blistering steam-powered behemoth of a train, the S1 looks less like a train than a bullet ...

JAMESTOWN, Calif.--Stephanie Tadlock is a steam nerd. For years, Tadlock has been a volunteer at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park here in California's Gold Country, the country's longest continuously ...

Amtrak is taking aggressive steps to expand and modernize its service this year, including having the first of 70 new locomotives built to eventually power the entire regional fleet in the Northeast.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Steam could breathe new life into the old Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse near Steelyard Commons. The Midwest Railway Preservation Society is already restoring a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive ...