The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is being readied for a spectacle that will stretch from ocean to ocean in 2026, turning a piece of mid‑century railroading into a rolling national event.

ROCHELLE, Ill. (WTVO) — Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam engine train, is set to return to northern Illinois this week, and here’s where you can see it. The Big Boy 4014 is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nickel Plate Road No. 765 steam locomotive heads into the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Fitzwater Maintenance Yard on April 24 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A storied veteran will soon come out of retirement to again scale mountains in southwest Colorado. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Locomotive ...

The engine is coming to town as a way to honor the new partnership between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. LOOKING AT A 23 MINUTE DRIVE, SO PACK YOUR PATIENCE. SIERRA, A SPECIAL ATTRACTION ...

After nearly 20 years, the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe, the Garden Route’s beloved steam train, is being rebuilt. The project is estimated to take two to two and a half years to complete. After nearly 20 ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new diesel engine to its train fleet. An inaugural ride for Engine No. 2025 is open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 13. The long-running steam locomotives, a ...

ARCADE, N.Y. — A piece of Western New York history is back on the rails, giving riders the unique opportunity to see fall colors or take a haunted train ride. The iconic whistle is seven years in the ...

Chuffing, hissing and moaning, steam engines are like mythic creatures — dragonlike spectacles that draw a crowd wherever they go. But in October 1956, the era of daily steam engines was ending in San ...

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.

The coal was hot. The crew were ready. On July 3rd, 1938, the 4468 Mallard, an A4-class steam locomotive, was performing an alleged brake test for its London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owners.