Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

LGB's Stainz locomotive is an icon in the large ... from a package to trim the two light lenses. The smoke box handle/lock is ...

In addition, electric trains filled a need when smoke abatement laws prohibited the use of steam locomotives in large cities ... As I learned from retired professional railroader and noted HO scale ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Injection of steam ... smoke-box has proved sufficient to render the counter-pressure steam applicable for stopping and shunting in stations, and for moderating the speed in the descent of goods ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The massive steam locomotive 4014 from Union Pacific Railroad, or “Big Boy” as they call it, is going through Region 8 and has stopped in Jonesboro. The train departed ...

The locomotive used for the project was bought from a scrapyard in the 1980s A charity working to restore a 1918 steam locomotive has been awarded a £151,200 grant to develop volunteer's heritage ...

Ed Young/BBC Andy England, managing director at CTL Seal, said the firm usually worked with "the renewable market, the oil and gas, nuclear" As part of a modernisation program, steam locomotives ...

The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society will be delivering its 1927 steam locomotive to Union Station as part of the two-day event. The Historical Society’s Santa Fe 3751 will be parked at ...

Area railroad enthusiasts will get a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse of Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy steam engine as ... Remember, trains can’t stop quickly to avoid people or ...