For the first time ever, both coasts could receive a visit from the world's largest operating steam locomotive.

This legendary 'Big Boy' train has finished its major restoration project and is set to make a big return in 2026. Here's ...

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

According to Union Pacific, eight Big Boy engines remain in existence, but only No. 4014 continues to operate. The seven ...

A historic steam engine with decades of history was left without a home when it was forced to leave Swindon - here's what happened to it since.

The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the ...

Iowans look on as Big Boy No. 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, rolls into Belle Plaine on Thursday afternoon. The Union Pacific engine is touring Midwestern and Southern ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...