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. Tobu ...

Steam locomotives are the closest thing humans have created to a living ‘thing’. They require finesse and careful attention to get the best out of them, need to be warmed up gently and then disposed ...

Steph Elwood hopes her success will inspire other women 'that the railway really is a place for them'.

Steam trains, 19th century railways, and majestic redwood forests are all part of America’s unique national treasure. What better way to celebrate each of them than by bringing them together in one ...

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) said steam locomotives would return from Wednesday and meant its Autumn Steam Gala can go ...

A steam locomotive winding through a mountainous landscape is an unforgettable sight. For British photographer David Kitching, it’s a spectacle that doesn’t grow old – even if mainline steam trains ...

Train enthusiasts and history buffs alike will soon have a new Southeast Asian destination to visit, as Vietnam prepares to unveil a revamped pair of vintage steam locomotives from the 1960s. The two ...

When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the ...

Railways are the first means of public transportation and ever since the first train left the station, authorities around the world, together with companies and transportation departments, have ...

STREAM trains will be banned nationwide for a week over health and safety concerns. Network Rail has imposed the ban due to fears that the ongoing heatwave and sparks from trains could start wildfires ...