Explore the fascinating mechanics behind a steam locomotive, a marvel of engineering that revolutionized transportation. This video unpacks how heat from burning oil in the tender turns water into ...

More than most machines, a steam locomotive's design reflects its intended use. There are reasons why high-speed passenger locomotives have tall driving wheels and two-axle leading trucks while ...

A railfan remembers encounters with the familiar 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive type on multiple railroads around the Great ...

If your family is on a holiday vacation this week and eager get out of the house for an outing, you can ride a real train pulled by a “new” locomotive at Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County.

(The 4-8-8-4 designation refers to the locomotives’ wheel arrangement, which consists of a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels and a four-wheel trailing truck.) Weighing a ...

Roy Hill’s locomotive is painted pink because the ... The FLXdrive has six axles, a CoCo wheel arrangement, one operator cab, and 3.2 MW traction power. (Wabtec’s general specs say it ...

The designation 4-4-0 refers to the wheel arrangement of the locomotive, which includes a four-wheel lead truck under the front part to help guide it around curves. Behind the lead truck are four ...

Sporting a 4-8-8-4 articulated wheel arrangement and stretching to a length of more than 132 feet, the engine is one of 25 examples of the largest successful steam locomotive ever built and is the ...

The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed ... They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of “pilot” wheels which guided the engine, eight ...