There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

Use toothpicks to clear out as much hardened lubrication as you can, and add a few drops of oil to the driver axles on the inside of the frame. Most steam locomotives have one driver connected to ...

A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only ...

Inside the building ... The locomotives that pull those trains are both diesel and steam powered, but the steam locomotives draw a lot of attention. Included are the "Southern Pacific 4449 ...

For the third steam locomotive, Tobu Railway acquired a vehicle that had been unused for 43 years since it was scrapped. 02:17 It took three years for restoration.

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.