In 1892, to meet this problem head-on, the University built the Purdue Locomotive Testing Plant, a test site and laboratory space in the center of Heavilon Hall. The facility was the first of its kind ...

Amid the considerable amount of discussion which has been aroused by the recent report upon the American locomotives on the Midland Railroad, the best statement has come from the pen of Mr ...

Locomotives & rolling stock MTH has a series of Christmas items as part of their RailKing line. Available items include an O ...

Menards system, for example only works with Menards structures ... However, if you're running modern locomotives, you have more to think about, especially if you want to take advantage of their ...

The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring ...

A STEAM buff has landed the job of a lifetime - restoring a 131-year-old locomotive. Steve Pickthall, lead electrician at the BP CATS Terminal at Seal Sands, on Teesside, is a lifelong steam ...

Two legendary locomotives with royal connections arrived in town yesterday, Thursday, with rail enthusiasts celebrating their history this weekend. The Legends of Steam event takes place from ...

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative agreement for 600 engineers at CN/Wisconsin Central (WC), which the union said “provides significant quality of life ...

ONCE it was feared steam locomotive number 30828 would rot in a scrapyard in Wales but along came the members of Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society (ERPS). In 1980 the society rescued the ...

SHIMANTO, Kochi Prefecture--There are train buffs, and then there is Sadao Kamioka, whose devotion to steam locomotives is on an entirely different level. Kamioka's love of steam locomotives runs ...

A UNIQUE Victorian steam locomotive which escaped the scrapyard thanks to the centenary of a major train station could be restored to full working order. The Swanage Railway Trust’s 563 ...

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.