From battery chemistry to lifetime and charging speed, what's best for European locomotives is still up for debate.

GOSHEN, Va. – The Spirit of Roanoke makes her triumphant return. After years of waiting, the world-renowned Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive will kick off its 2023 fall excursions on ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

President Joe Biden really loves trains. Like, really loves trains. So it's no surprise he was smiling broadly while announcing Union Pacific's new purchase of 20 battery-powered locomotives in a ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Northeast Large Scale Train Show, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society is coming to the Eastern State Exposition fairgrounds April 28 and 29. Just like ...

Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually, at a time when railroads and other ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A piece of American history will be on ...

Undeterred by the blistering New Orleans heat, hundreds of people of all ages snapped pictures, peppered the crew with questions and gazed in awe Saturday at a rare and majestic operational steam ...

Little Rock (KATV) — One of the globe's largest trains is set to stop in Arkansas later this summer. The train, named Big Boy No. 4104, is classified as the largest operating steam locomotive on the ...