The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of “make it bigger.” Articulated engines took that notion and doubled it both ...

The Ffestiniog Railway has unveiled a new look for Double Fairlie, Merddin Emrys. The new green livery reflects the livery worn in the 1950s and 60s by Taliesin. George England, Prince, will also join ...

But he still remembers when he first laid eyes on a steam locomotive train as a child. “I could tell you the date that I got into this stuff was December 27, 1991. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa ...

73156 stands at Rothley, Great Central Railway // Credit: Great Central Railway A steam train driver on the Great Central Railway has retired after 55 years of life on the footplate. David Thompson is ...

The front of the “One CSX” locomotive. CSX As with the railroad’s fleet of heritage locomotives, the newly painted unit — SD70MAC No. 4720 — was unveiled by CEO Joe Hinrichs in a posted on the ...