Diesel-electric locomotive technology has advanced significantly since World War II. Experience leads me to list these eight ...

As a 2-8-4 with the four driving axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and superstructure.

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

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 ...

ETR staff developed this scheme, which incorporates the green, yellow and black that have been used on its locomotives since the railway bought its first diesels during World War II. No. 107 is ...