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

Already off to an auspicious start welcoming over 10,000 riders in the first week of 2026, the Reading & Northern Railroad ...

A ‘bodysnatcher’ locomotive may lead luxury Northern Belle from Ascot this year, where the red carpet is literally being ...

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

When the locomotives met, their boilers exploded almost simultaneously, hurling metal fragments and debris high into the air.

The world-famous Flying Scotsman will return to The Watercress Line this spring. The historic steam locomotive, originally ...

When she was a freshman at NYIT's campus in Brookville, Inaya Sayed was a bit bothered by the noise from a leaf blower while ...

New night trains are launching across Europe, but funding gaps and ageing infrastructure still threaten their revival.

A suspected arsonist was arrested days after a New Year’s fire damaged an historic locomotive in the Hudson Valley.John Dwyer ...

Train journeys through stunning landscapes are always magical, but there's something truly special about traveling along the ...

Here we are in 2026, and the start of the year. What is appropriate? I remember when the big newspapers spent many pages on the year’s old news. Well, this column is old news every month, so for fun, ...

Blaring locomotive horns announce the presence of four new passenger trains every day at most of the 170 grade crossings on ...