There was excitement at Didcot Railway Centre earlier this week as an 88-year-old steam locomotive headed a train from the town to Stratford-upon-Avon. The No 5043, named Earl of Mount Edgcumbe ...

Stadler has announced that it is to supply twelve locomotives to Régie autonome des transports Parisiens (RATP), operator of the Paris Metro. The locomotives are battery-powered and will undertake ...

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The 1.2 million pound Big Boy steam locomotive was built in the 1940s to conquer mountains while carrying equipment during World War II. Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December ...

(KOAM) - Kansas is gearing up for a special visit as Union Pacific’s iconic Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive makes its way through the state as part of the "Heartland of America Tour." The historic ...

The 83-year-old steam locomotive stopped briefly Thursday afternoon spewing steam in Topeka on its way from Kansas City, Missouri, to Salina while on the last leg of its Heartland of America Tour.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A historic Union Pacific train will make its way across Kansas. The Big Boy Heartland of America Tour pulls into the state on Thursday arriving in Topeka at 12:15 p.m. and ...

Just before 1 p.m., the teeth-chattering whistle of Big Boy No. 4014 announced its arrival. The 83-year-old steam locomotive stopped briefly Thursday afternoon spewing steam in Topeka on its way from ...

The Apedale Valley Light Railway has announced that Bagnall ‘Woto’ is set to become a resident at the railway. The locomotive has been owned by Patrick Keef, one of the directors of the well-known ...

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, on Oct. 17, 2024, in North Topeka. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The train named Big Boy was late.

The company is billing the journey as ‘a rare opportunity’. The Pembroke Coast Express, hauled by the steam locomotive, will leave Bristol Temple Meads soon after 8am, heading for west Wales and ...