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 ...

Bismarck's Northern Pacific steam locomotive has a new coat of paint more than 50 years after its last run. Locomotive 2164 was retired to Camp Hancock in 1955. The restoration project will be ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...