Springfield rail hub modernization gets $130M for track and signal work. Earlier federal grants of $1.75M and $36.8M were ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019: Amtrak P42DC – Phase IV Amtrak P42DC locomotive in Phase IV livery. Feature full custom cab, automatic running numbers, ...

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EPA has issued revisions to its regulations that address the preemption of state and local emission regulation of locomotives and engines used in locomotives. This rule implements a policy change that ...

To celebrate America’s 250th—the semiquincentennial—in a huge, or should we say Big way, the Union Pacific Railroad embarked on a truly epic, once-in-a-lifetime journey powered by their most prized ...

A ride on Amtrak's Carolinian route between Raleigh and Greensboro covers the full experience, starting at Raleigh's newly built Union Station and ending under a P42DC locomotive nearing retirement.

ALTOONA, Pa.—This summer’s tear-jerker isn’t a rom-com. It’s Big Boy 4014. The 1.2-million-pound locomotive, built in 1941 to haul heavy freight across the Wasatch Mountains between Utah and Wyoming, ...

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 14, 2026 3:01 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is currently chugging across the United States. It’s known as Big Boy No. 4014, and crowds of Americans are lining railroad tracks to watch it pass ...

Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014– the world's largest operating steam locomotive – has been barnstorming from coast-to-coast in a celebration of America's 250 th birthday. Based in Wyoming, ...

With the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary soon approaching, the Chicago area’s commuter railroad is marking the occasion with a locomotive – manufactured by a LaGrange-based ...