The bigger the firebox and boiler, the heavier the locomotive is, which generally means more length, which means more wheels.

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

This firebox was designed by the Nord ... although very much more powerful in starting effort than the Belgian locomotives, are of the same weight, loaded and empty, as the latter, but the boilers ...

The massive train is making its third visit to the area, with crowds expected as it comes and goes and offers tours downtown ...

and a four-wheel trailing truck to support the firebox make it one of the largest-ever steam locomotives. Central Arkansas Library System announces schedule for 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival ...

The Norris factory is now constructing five Mulholland locomotives for the Camden railroad ... free from the unusual burning out of the firebox, formerly thought incurable. Copper boilers also ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The massive steam locomotive 4014 from Union Pacific Railroad, or “Big Boy” as they call it, is going through Region 8 and has stopped in Jonesboro. The train departed ...

There are just a couple days left to ride the last coal-fired steam locomotive at the Milwaukee ... how to take a hand shovel and put coal in the firebox of the engine. But burning coal is dirty.

The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society will be delivering its 1927 steam locomotive to Union Station as part of the two-day event. The Historical Society’s Santa Fe 3751 will be parked at ...

Area railroad enthusiasts will get a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse of Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy steam engine as it rolls through communities on the eastern edge of Kankakee on ...

Modern technology and traditional methods were combined to build the locomotive A new steam locomotive has been launched in Sussex. The Bluebell Railway has welcomed the LB&SCR Marsh Brighton ...

The locomotive used for the project was bought from a scrapyard in the 1980s A charity working to restore a 1918 steam locomotive has been awarded a £151,200 grant to develop volunteer's heritage ...