Big Boy No. 4014 was last in Texas in the fall of 2024, passing through Houston on Oct. 6 and through Fort Worth on Oct. 10 ...

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

A 25-year-old faces criminal mischief and arson charges related to the fire. Police said they expect to arrest others in ...

Wabtec won a $386M contract with New York's MTA to build hybrid locomotives reducing emissions during subway maintenance.

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

KINGSTON — Firefighters battled a locomotive fire early Thursday on a spur of track in the Kingston Plaza used by a popular ...

Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

According to Union Pacific, eight Big Boy engines remain in existence, but only No. 4014 continues to operate. The seven ...

The world-famous Flying Scotsman will return to The Watercress Line this spring. The historic steam locomotive, originally ...

Alicia Rovey of the All Fifty Club, a group of travel enthusiasts who want to visit all 50 states, visited five states with her family on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which runs between Chicago and Los ...