The Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was in service for nearly 60 years since the era of the former Japanese National Railways. The Class DD51 replaced steam locomotives as the workhorse of ...

Big hooks is the nearly universal nickname for railroad wrecking cranes, powerful machines capable of many tasks ...

Track scales like this one determined how much shippers would pay. Older scales were intricate mechanical devices.

This would both cut CO2 emissions and significantly reduce overall energy consumption, according to a new study.

The Carousal House is moved from the former Williams Grove Amusement Park to the property of the Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association.

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The components included a 350-ton hydraulic crane anchored by 110,000 pounds of counterweights, temporary train track, an 82,000-pound locomotive and the generosity of a Wisconsin couple who made ...

Riding a motorcycle off-pavement is one of the greatest thrills you can experience without stepping into a flight deck or taking a car past 100 mph. Take a bike onto a fire road and you’ll know ...

The slideshow comprised high-quality railway photography by local enthusiast Bill Potter, focusing on steam and diesel hydraulic traction ... for photographing locomotives in various settings ...

South Africa explores US collaboration on hydraulic fracturing to access vast shale reserves • The Karoo Basin could hold up to 209 trillion cubic feet of gas, but legal and environmental hurdles ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the locomotive manufacturing plant of the Indian Railways in Gujarat's Dahod. He also flagged off the first electric locomotive manufactured from ...