A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only ...

They would directly power a central drive shaft from under ... Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500.

Today, for example, the locomotives sport a steam-powered compressor next to the front of their smokeboxes that powers the train’s air brakes, a design refined by the society and sold on to ...

Without much in the way of power electronics ... axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and ...

Further enhancements to the design beyond yard duties culminated in Baldwin Locomotive Works' compounding system, using generated steam twice for more power, while consuming less fuel and water.

The nominal horse power of a locomotive of the dimensions given and performing, as described, is eight hundred. This is estimated by multiplying the pressure of the steam per inch on the area of ...

Now, although the American locomotives were ordered to be built of the same power as the Midland standard ... and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would probably have sent ...

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.

The Kent & East Sussex Railway has announced a second guest locomotive for its Dwarves of Steam Gala on the weekend of 26th and 27th April.