Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

A Bethlehem museum is adding world-renowned photographs to its list of collections. WDIY’s James Zipprodt reports.

It cannot carry such a high pressure as a steam engine ... lately made on the New York and Erie Railroad, it was found that a common broad-gauge locomotive in good order could pull with a force ...

A retired steam locomotive has been donated to the Borough of Greenville, Pa., to be displayed at Main Street and College Avenue as a tribute to railroads' role in the city's history.

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

More than 40 years later, Erie's locomotive plant, now owned by Wabtec Corp., remains an important force. Though union employment there has declined by more than 70% since the early 1980s ...

Lake Erie is already partially frozen over, but the National Weather Service office in Cleveland says it will be at least 50% to 90% frozen over by next week. Why is this good news? Once the lake ...

As many as 17 people died on Lake Erie in 2024, in spite of what was considered a relatively warm winter season. “It’s always a dangerous game to be playing with the ice out here,” Homsher said.

CN anticipates this initiative to further progress hybrid locomotive technology. Credit: Svetlana123/Shutterstock. Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a ...

Sacramento-based Sierra Northern Railway has acquired RailPower LLC in an effort to develop low- and zero-emission motive power.

CN has deployed a new medium-horsepower hybrid electric locomotive developed in collaboration with Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW). The 3,200-hp hybrid unit, numbered 7100, is based on a CN ...