Compared to their traditional reciprocating rod-driven counterparts, geared steam locomotives can be seen as “oddballs” to the casual eye. They certainly fit that bill with their unique styles of ...

Back in September, the locomotive appeared at the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway‘s Super Power Event as a soft launch for the locomotive, where it was in light steam on display for photos.

LMS No. 46115 Scots Guardsman has been announced as a visitor to The Greatest Gathering. The Greatest Gathering is set to take place this August… ...

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 ...

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has announced the first of the locomotives to star at the railway’s flagship event, the Cotswold Festival of Steam over the late May bank ...

The wet steam, on the water issuing from the boiler, gives this minimum proportion. The apparatus to be fitted to the locomotive to admit of working counter-pressure steam as a brake, is as simple ...

Boyd scores twice for the champions in first game of new LOI season as there is power outage at Dublin venue ...

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The next Steam Next Fest runs from Monday, February 24 to Monday, March 3, 2025. We expect it to start at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET / 3am AEST. Steam Next Fest offers a combination of ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

Diesel Locomotives is a locomotive which moves through the power of a diesel engine. This page contains all the latest information, news, videos, images and articles on all aspects of Diesel ...