Train horns serve as safety signals, using specific patterns to communicate with staff and pedestrians. Know why trains honk ...

Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) operates in Elbe, New Reliance or Mineral might notice the railroad's Baldwin Polson 70 steam engine's whistle sounding a bit different. "For the first time since ...

Big Boy No. 4014 kicked off its Heartland of America Tour on Wednesday that will bring the world's largest steam engine to ...

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of ... by means of a lever under the control of the driver. P is a steam whistle, Q a steam gage, and R the platform for firemen.

A cloud of smoke and the distant toot of a whistle signalled the end of a 14-year steam engine restoration project on the ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--With a puff of black smoke and the toot of a whistle, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (The winter wetland steam engine) of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is full steam ahead ...