Described as “North America’s first battery-electric powered passenger locomotive,” the Siemens Mobility Charger B+AC is a ...

We’ll walk through the basic components of a steam locomotive, including the boiler, where water is heated to create steam, and the pistons, which convert the steam pressure into mechanical motion.

Railway locomotives and boilers When it came to railway locomotives, William Fairbairn started in this business in 1839 and constructed more than 400 locomotives by 1862 at Millwall.

Towards the end of the A4 construction programme, Gresley tested the Kylchap double blastpipe and chimney with the A4 design and four locomotives were fitted. The first was no. 4468 Mallard.

A tremendous variety of such locomotives arrived from Baldwin, American Locomotive, and Lima Locomotive, signifying what to many was the apex of steam design. Further expansions to the design included ...

Big Reveal Once the final design was complete, 25 of these new locomotives, known as “Big Boys” were manufactured and put to work. Each locomotive cost around $265,000 back then, which equates to ...

The design was submitted to the toy maker's LEGO Ideas platform, and it's a simply (and fittingly) huge design. When fully assembled, it measures 31.5 inches long (80 cm), and that does not ...

The railroad recognized the CPKC Steam Team at the Ogden Shops in Calgary, who completed 2816’s 15-year boiler inspection, as well as an extensive running gear overhaul and installation of Positive ...

Perhaps less well known or celebrated than their freight and passenger carrying cousins, vertical boiler locomotives – by dint of their design – were vital to any operation requiring the movement of ...