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 ...

The world's largest operational steam locomotive left Dallas on Thursday morning and is headed for Houston. Union Pacific's ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

were actually sent over. Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would ...

Advancements in steam technology at the time - such as superheaters and Walschaerts and Baker-style valve gear - boosted the ...

The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society will be delivering its 1927 steam locomotive to Union Station as part of the two-day event. The Historical Society’s Santa Fe 3751 will be parked ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Big Boy is coming to North Texas. The world's largest operating steam locomotive - Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 - will roll into and through Dallas and Fort Worth in the ...

HOUSTON — Big Boy is coming to Houston. The world's largest operating steam locomotive - Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 - will roll into and through Houston in the coming weeks. It will stop ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is once again returning to Arkansas as part of the "Heartland of America Tour." ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The massive steam locomotive 4014 from Union Pacific Railroad, or “Big Boy” as they call it, is going through Region 8 and has stopped in Jonesboro. The train departed ...

Andrews had just returned from the South after an earlier attempt to hijack a steam locomotive, which was aborted when the engineer failed to arrive. For the second operation, he selected one ...

4014 launched its "Heartland of America" tour earlier this week, a 10-state expedition offering the general public views of the classic steam engine. The beloved locomotive is one of 25 built in ...