Wabtec Corp. has secured new orders from major railroads, including Union Pacific and CSX. The deals could mean significant ...
Union Pacific has announced the first leg of the tour of its legendary Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will begin by leaving Cheyenne, Wyoming on Sunday, March 29 th, and heading west to California. The ...
The world’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, rolls into Topeka on Oct. 17, 2024. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) The train named Big Boy was late. Anticipation and impatience ...
OGDEN — A legendary locomotive made its return to Ogden this weekend. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 made a weekend stop that drew thousands of visitors of all ages to Union Station from its arrival ...
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How Britain built the fastest steam locomotive ever

In the 1930s, speed records became a matter of national prestige, and Nazi Germany used high speed locomotives as propaganda ...
(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...