Railway Age

U.K.: Hydrogen-Fueled Steam Freight Locomotive Conversion Planned

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...
Reading Eagle

Reading & Northern Railroad to host biggest steam locomotive in the world

The Reading & Northern Railroad plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by bringing the biggest steam engine in the ...
The MSU Exponent

Rolling with the Big Boy: A first peek at America’s most famous iron horse ahead of its transcontinental tour

The steam shop is a monolithic brick building as tall as the overpass. The early-morning sun reflecting Big Boy’s “whitewall” ...
Jalopnik

Here's The Biggest Steam Locomotive In The World Flying Down The Rails

Union Pacific 4014, also known as the largest steam locomotive in the world, also known as a Union Pacific "Big Boy," is racing to Ogden, Utah, to make it in time for the 150th anniversary ...

World's largest steam locomotive coming to Northern California

The Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive, built in the 1940s, will make stops in California as part of its first cross-country ...