During the nuclear optimism of the 1950s, American engineers envisioned a freight train that would never need refueling: the X-12, a 200-ton atomic-powered locomotive. Designed with a compact uranium ...

Built by the American Locomotive Co. in March 1913, No. 1003 and its Class L-1 2-8-2 sisters served the Minneapolis, St. Paul ...

The U.S. has no federal limit on freight train length, leaving the cost-conscious rail industry free to experiment with giants like the 3.5-mile, nine-locomotive behemoth that chugged from Texas to ...

A steam train has completed a journey honouring 150 years of freight services on the Settle to Carlisle line. The first goods train ran on 2 August 1875 along the picturesque line which journeys ...

Many Americans of Generation X and older will recall the red, white, and blue American Freedom Train that was a centerpiece of America’s glorious Bicentennial celebration. But few know that the ...

While the share is higher in Europe, only about 1% of railroad lines in the United States are equipped with overhead wires that carry electricity to power trains. That presents a complicated challenge ...