You can also track where the Big Boy is on its journey through the Union Pacific steam schedule. As part of its “Westward Bound” tour, the world’s largest steam locomotive is coming to ...

Our 2023 rail preservation review illustrated a focus on new and renovated museum facilities. In 2024, focus shifted to ...

The event, which is part of the National Railway 200 celebrations, will feature three steam locomotives and one diesel ...

This system was the core of many modern-day locomotives, including the Union Pacific Big Boy. Though advanced steam technology has impacted many industries, the one that it affected the most was ...

International railroad news in 2024 saw the end of commercial steam operation in China and a threat to the continued use of ...

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 ...

In addition, this mighty steam locomotive was on public display for two days each in Roseville, California, and Ogden, Utah. During the tour, the Union Pacific Museum hosted a special, sold-out ...

“This is shaping up to be one of the best-ever Cotswold Festival of Steam events and not to be missed. “This is also the first time that three new-build locomotives have been seen together in ...

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.