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

Jervis, who was hired as an axeman on the Erie Canal in 1817 ... This was the first steam locomotive to run on a commercial line in America. In 1831, he became the Chief Engineer for the Mohawk ...

Caterpillar Sixty, 1936 Caterpillar Forty with a 1940 Terracer, a 1945 Cat D7 dozer, a 1952 International TD24 show they can still work.

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.

A new study by the Federal Railroad Administration proposes dual-mode locomotives to help railroads save money in the switch ...

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

Two iconic locomotives will be powering into town on the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) line next month. Back for a second year, the "Legends of Steam" event, running from March 14 to 16 ...

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 ...