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 ...
There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...
CHAMA, N.M.-- Hands sweating in borrowed leather gloves, I slowly ease the oversized brass lever toward me with an odd-sounding combination of brute strength and finesse. Ronnie Lopez nods ...
Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...
Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...
OGDEN — A legendary locomotive made its return to Ogden this weekend. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 made a weekend stop that drew thousands of visitors of all ages to Union Station from its arrival ...
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Steam locomotive profile: 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone
In 1928, the Northern Pacific went shopping for a locomotive that could eliminate doubleheading on the eastern end of its Yellowstone Division between Mandan, N.Dak., and Glendive, Mont. NP’s line ...
Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...
BNSF Railway, the largest railroad in the U.S. and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, will begin testing liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a locomotive fuel. (H/T Chris Phoenix) BNSF estimates that, ...
The Battle of Britain class steam locomotive 34067, also known as Tangmere, was pictured at Carlisle railway station this year. This locomotive was introduced in 1945 by the Southern Railway and is ...
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