If a railroad was offering passenger service, whether be a local or limited, chances are they rostered a Pacific. On an international scale, two of arguably the most famous steam locomotives in ...

Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives, which weigh 1.2 million pounds and are 130 feet long, were completed for Union Pacific in 1941. No. 4014 then drove 1,031,205 miles and was in service for 20 years ...

Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s and 30s experiments with conventional locomotives, nor even the Union Pacific’s oil-fired condensing turbo-electrics. The new idea here ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

Union Pacific Railroad’s “Challenger” No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will stop in Shakopee as part of a five-state, 1,750-mile tour from Cheyenne, Wyo., to ...

SRPS Railtours has announced a deal with The Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust that will see 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley haul ...

Just days after we wrote about the problem of trying to introduce cleaner locomotives into existing railway's fleets, Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the first of 60 new environmentally ...

As a provider of sustainable rail and intermodal transportation services connecting North America and the world, Canadian Pacific (CP ... the objectives of our Climate Strategy. Freight locomotives ...