The train named Big Boy was late. Anticipation and impatience built as 30 minutes passed. Some had been on the edge of the ...

Diesel locomotive paint track A visit to Southern Pacific’s Taylor Yard in Los Angeles always included a run by of its diesel ...

Prototype locomotives featuring new technologies have a long and inglorious history of not making the ... way to ensure a low-carbon replacement for diesel heavy freight locomotives, and ...

Woman 2: Rocket inspired all future steam locomotives… and in just over 100 years, Mallard, the fastest steam engine in the world… reached 126 miles per hour in 1938. Woman 3: With diesel ...

Understanding brake horsepower: Diesel engines, like all engines, are built to perform a specific function. In a locomotive, ...

The Fell differential gearbox. All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the huge torque required to start a fully loaded train at low speeds, and because of the huge ...

The Museum, which is located in the historic station and rail yard in downtown Danbury, Connecticut, offers railroad history ... New Haven Railroad Rail Diesel Car built by the Budd Company ...

Gold Coast Railroad Museum (GCRM), founded in 1957, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of railroad history ... Locomotives Gold Coast Railroad Museum has several steam and ...

The local nonprofit, excursion-based railroad becomes predominantly female-led for the first time in the organization’s history.

THUNDER BAY - Technology - Since 2007 NetNewsLedger has explored the green energy potential of hydrogen powered rail. The ...

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.

Museum visitors will be able to drive a locomotive for £5 this weekend. Visitors to the Rocks by Rail Museum near Oakham will ...