Back before we figured out that nuclear power isn’t the end-all-be-all, the United States government considered all manner of loony applications for nuclear fission. It figured we could blow up entire ...

BNSF Railway and Vehicle Projects LLC, a Denver company, announced they are developing an experimental hydrogen fuel cell switch locomotive. The U.S. Department of Defense and BNSF Railway are paying ...

ON November 30, the London and North Eastern Railway made an experimental run with a train from London to Leeds and back, to demonstrate what the possibilities were with steam as compared with oil.

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

Going way back in time, in 1966, traction motor power of North American diesel-electric locomotives was far less than that of Soviet Union electric locomotives. For example, individual traction motor ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

First edition, 1837, published under title: The Boston school compendium ..

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam ...

THAT HOARY TALE of a race between a new contraption, something called a steam locomotive, and a gray horse is the best example of why victory does not always belong to the swift. That strange contest, ...