Forget the portrait of the sweating steam locomotive engineer operating his smoke-belching steed across the great Southwestern desert with superheated air blasting his face. In the latest move to ...

Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their ...

Besides running the new route, the engineers are ready to go again, bringing joy to steam-powered railroad fans. “Steam locomotives are an interesting piece of machinery.

As much skill and experience as is required to control a diesel at the head of a long freight train, the job lacks some of the romantic pull that being a steam locomotive engineer once had for ...

In his early days as a steam locomotive engineer, arriving late could have meant death. A switchman periodically changed the direction of the railroad tracks, so being late meant running the risk ...

Ed Dickens, Union Pacific Railroad Chief Steam Locomotive Engineer drove the rumbling, ground-shaking Big Boy into Ogden Wednesday: You can feel it in your hands, you can feel it in your teeth.

Dan Wolf has a score to settle. Among Southern California railroad veterans, word is circulating that a local resident there is the oldest living steam locomotive engineer. Wolf politely–make ...

The union for Amtrak's locomotive engineers urged the railroad on Tuesday to put a second crew member at the controls of trains on the busy Northeast Corridor, where a derailment killed eight ...

Union Pacific has donated a “small portion,” including three of the largest locomotives ever built, of its heritage fleet to non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA). The equipment ...

But on some locomotives, engineers say, the silica sand is getting inside. The problem: breathing in tiny particles of that silica sand can be dangerous.

In his early days as a steam locomotive engineer, arriving late could have meant death. A switchman periodically changed the direction of the railroad tracks, so being late meant running the risk ...