A new railway training centre has been named after the man behind some of Britain's best-known steam locomotives. Sir Nigel ...

Life is full of wonderful occupational prospects when you're 6 or 7: professional Wiffle ball player or coloring-book artist, designer of Jetsons-style flying cars and, best of all, steam-locomotive ...

“The steam locomotive was the only machine ever made by man that was alive under steam,” Elwood continues. “She made breathing sounds, screeching, clanging, banging, hissing and all the sounds of a ...

James Walker, a retired engineer who served the old Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail and Amtrak lines and was a railroad union official, died of pneumonia Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice ...

Dan Wolf has a score to settle. Among Southern California railroad veterans, word is circulating that a local resident there is the oldest living steam locomotive engineer. Wolf politely–make that ...

Union Pacific has donated a “small portion,” including three of the largest locomotives ever built, of its heritage fleet to non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA). The equipment ...

Voice recordings of one of Britain's most celebrated steam locomotive engineers are being sought as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. Sir Nigel Gresley designed over ...

Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their father’s footsteps. For locomotive engineer Robert Burkhardt, that ...