For the latter half of the 19th century and up through WWI, there was tremendous growth in the railroad sector, and lanterns were in universal use.

A train which is powered purely on hydrogen is now undergoing tests with those behind it hoping it could help move the industry away from fossil fuels. The former Thameslink locomotive has been ...

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.

After well over a thousand years, humans rediscovered steam power, and it was widely utilized in agriculture, as well as water and rail travel during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A luxury steam train journey will skirt along the Cumbrian coast next month. Step back in time to a golden age of rail travel and enjoy a luxurious steam powered journey with ‘spectacular’ views of ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Steam power, lor manufacturing purposes, is fast supplanting that of water in many places. Some years ago it would have been thought insane, in a business point of view, fc propose a steam engine ...