To an energy engineer, there is nothing more awesome than live steam locomotives because that is where our discipline began. Drawn by the allure of steam, I took a day trip over the holiday to visit a ...

Trains were once the lifeline in America, and the steam engine was the heart and soul. One of those steamers, the 1919 Southern Pacific engine No. 2852, is one display at the Glenn County Fairgrounds ...

Over the last several years, a group of people have been trying to bring a part of that robust history back to life. The group is the Texas Railway Preservation Association (TRPA), and its existence ...

This likely marks the first time the Big Boy locomotive has traveled east since rolling out of the plant that created it in ...

On a sliver of land in Jefferson Parish, between packed parking lots and near a helicopter landing pad, sits a bygone mode of transportation: a steam engine. The hulking Southern Pacific engine No.

Union Pacific's iconic steam locomotive Big Boy 4014 will make several stops in the Southern Tier and surrounding region this ...

At the southern end of the Kern County Museum’s Pioneer Village sits a grand turn-of-the-century steam locomotive, an impressive nod to a bygone era, that will be celebrated in July, 69 years after it ...

The Union Pacific historic steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 will charge through Kansas this summer during its first-ever ...

Big Boy No. 4014 has several Pennsylvania stops during its America's 250th anniversary tour, marking the first time the ...

A little over an hour east of San Diego lies the sleepy, little town of Campo and the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is only open on weekends, but museum President Stephen Hager and the ...