The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is hitting the road—or tracks. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is heading out ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in ...

Big Boy No. 4041, the world's largest steam locomotive, is returning to the rails this spring in honor of America's 250th ...

The world's largest steam locomotive will embark on a coast-to-coast tour celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Here's the ...

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...

A charity has renewed fundraising efforts to restore a 76-year-old steam engine. West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) said it needs up to £3m to return Ditcheat Manor to working order. The ...

Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Illinois 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

OGDEN — The world's largest steam engine is coming back to Utah in the spring. Union Pacific unveiled the first few dates of its ambitious transcontinental tour of Big Boy No. 4014 last week, ...

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The steam engine is still shaping Germany's economy long after its invention with a new study saying areas that adopted the technology early still carry advantages, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - As the organizations across the country prepare for the nation’s 250th birthday, Union Pacific is set to roll out one of its historic attractions. Big Boy No. 4014, the world ...

When the all-new fifth-generation Chevrolet Corvette had its premiere in 1997, it packed a likewise all-new LS1 V8 engine making 345 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque — which was enough to ...