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 ...

Nathan Penn A: Most model steam and diesel locomotives have ... cars so equipped work fine on my otherwise standard HO track, ...

For the third steam locomotive, Tobu Railway acquired a vehicle that had been unused for 43 years since it was scrapped. 02:17 It took three years for restoration.

Indeed, the injection of steam alone has been effectually applied to light trains on a short incline of 1 in 22. But experience soon showed that the only general and complete solution of the ...

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.