In 1974, Andrew Lloyd Webber began working on songs for an animated TV series based on the Thomas the Tank Engine children’s books. It didn’t pan out, but the idea of singing, anthropomorphic trains ...

The coal was hot. The crew were ready. On July 3rd, 1938, the 4468 Mallard, an A4-class steam locomotive, was performing an alleged brake test for its London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owners.

Built in 1872, Fenchurch was one of the Terrier tank engines used on the Weston, Clevedon, and Portishead Light Railway. These engines were known for their high power despite their small size and were ...

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. — For Stateline train enthusiasts, a piece of history rolls through the region next year. The Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway company announces locomotive 2816 soon departs ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

OWOSSO, Mich. (WJRT) - Tickets for the winter holiday favorite North Pole Express train go on sale next week. The Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, which operates the annual winter holiday trains ...