LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at ...

Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...

It isn't much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the "poster child" of the Super Power era of steam locomotives. "Berkshire," "Kanawha," "Big Emma" - regardless of ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...

Train design didn’t change gradually after World War II, it changed suddenly. A catastrophic boiler explosion in 1948 exposed the hidden dangers of steam locomotives. Extreme pressure, human error, ...

When KIRO Radio reported in April that an old steam locomotive that once graced Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was for sale in Oregon, a flood of listeners responded with comments that there were plenty ...

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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