Proposed during the atomic age, nuclear-powered trains were envisioned as limitless-range locomotives using onboard reactors ...

A 1949 diesel locomotive that once hauled lumber and window frames through Andersen Corp.’s Bayport factory is running again after nearly a year of painstaking volunteer restoration at the Minnesota ...

Frisco Railroad introduced diesel passenger service in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 25, 1950, marking the beginning of a transition from steam to diesel locomotives on the division’s passenger routes.

SCRANTON, Pa. — A monumental piece of railroading history thundered back onto the tracks at the Steamtown National Historic Site on Friday, as the Nickel Plate 190 diesel locomotive powered to life ...

SCRANTON — More than 80 people stood on a Steamtown railroad platform Friday morning awaiting the arrival of a recently restored locomotive and the history it reflected. As the PA-4 Delaware ...

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...

California air regulators repealed a state rule Thursday that would have mandated rail operators phase out the diesel locomotives that traverse the state, but failed to get necessary federal approval.

Yesterday (May 17), Trivium posted a video to their social media pages with the following combined caption/comment: “WATCH UNTIL THE END! Band and crew from both Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine ...

Locomotives that run on diesel can be electrified. This would both cut CO 2 emissions and significantly reduce overall energy consumption, according to a new study. Researchers at SINTEF have now ...

Union Pacific has unveiled its Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive, honoring the president who signed the bill creating Union Pacific as part of the transcontinental railroad. “Union Pacific ...

Here is a new video !! This is an abandoned model train produced between 1940 and 1949 by the German company Fleischmann. 0-4-0 / O gauge. Please watch till the end to see this Pre-war rusty ...

The nomenclature of engine power can get tricky. Brake horsepower, shaft horsepower, pound-feet (lb-ft), dynamometer ratings, revolutions per minute, engine load, and temperatures all play a part in ...