Of the thousands of steam engines that were manufactured, few were designed to provide the raw power these behemoths of engineering used to push and pull.

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Canada’s railway giants, CN and CP, are testing battery and hydrogen locomotives in a move toward electric, zero-emissions freight rail. Here’s a look at why they’re electrifying and the ...

A CP Rail locomotive is see in this file image. Photo by Supplied Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Railway plans to develop North America’s first hydrogen-powered freight locomotive.

A restored steam locomotive, nearly a century old, is on a North American tour to celebrate the completion of a continental rail connection from Canada to the United States and Mexico.

During the nuclear optimism of the 1950s, American engineers envisioned a freight train that would never need refueling: the X-12, a 200-ton atomic-powered locomotive. Designed with a compact ...

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...