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Volunteers spent nearly a year rebuilding the diesel engine that once kept Andersen’s Bayport factory on track.

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The locomotive market is in a state of flux with numerous options in multiple stages of design and test. Apologies for the all-too-obvious wordplays, but the market for ...

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...

Agricultural interests are joining with major railroads to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to block California from enforcing new climate standards that would require railroads to switch to ...

More than most machines, a steam locomotive's design reflects its intended use. There are reasons why high-speed passenger locomotives have tall driving wheels and two-axle leading trucks while ...

One of the greatest practical wastes in railroading arises from burning fuel in switching yard engines to keep steam up continually, although the engines are only occasionally used. This loss may now ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...