Passengers will ride in restored midcentury rail cars powered by Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, a 1.2-million-pound steam ...

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

Discover the mechanics of a miniature Chinese steam engine and explore how steam pressure can be converted into mechanical motion. This compact model offers an interesting demonstration of traditional ...

It was one of hundreds of locomotives commissioned to help with logistics during World War Two.

A railroad president once rode in a private business car built in 1879. Today, kids can walk right through it. That car sits ...

When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the ...

Sometimes, looking back at history helps us understand what is happening to us today. When the steam engine arrived in factories, it wasn’t just a technical innovation, it changed the world. Suddenly, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model illustrating the ...

I will write the continuation of the article from October 8th.[Hardships of Operating Steam Locomotives]The region where my ...