Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would probably have sent over an ...

To find out which of the 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotives are still operating, check out the Great American Steam Locomotives: Mikados DVD from Trains.

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them ...

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014 ... in North Topeka for hours waiting to see a piece of American history pass through town. Just before 1 p.m ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

A new steam restoration group has purchased former Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a 4-8-4 passenger locomotive No. 614 (Lima Locomotive Works, 1948) and plans to return it to operating condition. RJD ...

has sent to the State Department a report in which he incloses clippings from The Kobe Herald discussing the relative merits of British and American locomotives. The views of the Sanyo Railway ...

O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some ...

Metra unveiled a locomotive honoring military veterans with a special design featuring a bald eagle and American flag.

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

The world’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014 ... of the tracks of Great Overland Station in North Topeka for hours waiting to see a piece of American history pass through town. Just before 1 ...