If you’re planning a pilgrimage to the pope’s hometown this summer, keep in mind that Dolton never asked to be considered ...

For example, some say that the Union Pacific Big Boy is the world's most powerful steam engine. This is true, given that it ...

One of the UK's biggest mazes has celebrated 200 years of the modern railway by designing the giant puzzle in the shape of a ...

Union Pacific’s iconic steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 is coming to Tucson. There were originally 25 Big Boys built for Union Pacific, but only eight still exist.

For decades, Americans all over the country have taken rides in trains pulled by a legend and perhaps didn’t even know it.

This article was originally published with the title “Improvements in the Steam Engine” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 23 (June 1869), p. 361 doi:10.1038 ...

The Strasburg Rail Road stands proudly in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where horse-drawn buggies share roads with ...

This isn’t your typical tourist trap with actors pretending and props standing in for the real thing—these are authentic vintage steam locomotives pulling meticulously restored passenger cars through ...