steam locomotive expert Shaun Ackerman tells Engineering News about Reefsteamers’ newly refurbished locomotive wheel lathe. Cameraperson: Dylan Slater. STEAMING AHEAD Reefsteamers is undertaking a ...

One of the largest and perhaps most famous steam locomotives ever built—Union Pacific’s articulated 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014—will be restored to operating condition by UP’s Cheyenne, Wyo.-based ...

Nov. 20—CUMBERLAND, Md. — The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's steam locomotive No. 1309 received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration on Friday to be placed into service. "We were on ...

Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotive, Class GL, made by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1929 and used by South African Railways as locomotive no. 2352. Beyer-Garratt articulated steam ...

Some people might have left unwashed supper dishes soak in the sink so as not to miss a moment of it. Others could have postponed supper all together to ensure getting a good gawking spot at the C&O ...

AN articulated locomotive is a locomotive in which one or more of the driven axles are able to take up positions where they do not remain parallel to the others and may take angular positions in ...

Yet another fine example of the peak of American steam locomotive technology is emerging from retirement to delight fresh generations of railroad enthusiasts. Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 1309 has ...

Accomplishments of three locomotives warranted reporting last week, despite the popular impression that the last locomotive word had been said with the construction of the monster double-articulated ...

AT a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on October 23, Sir H. Nigel Gresley was installed as president and delivered an address in which he took, as his main theme, the recent ...

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