Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their father’s footsteps. For locomotive engineer Robert Burkhardt, that ...

Twenty-five Big Boy locomotives, which weigh 1.2 million pounds and are 130 feet long, were completed for Union Pacific in 1941. No. 4014 then drove 1,031,205 miles and was in service for 20 years ...

(FOX40.COM) — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is getting ready to hit the tracks once again and it will be making its way to an iconic Northern California railroad town.

BIGGEST OF LOCOMOTIVES.; Enormous "Battleships" of the Northern Pacific Railroad That Easily Draw Nine Hundred Tons. Share full article Tacoma (Washington) Nov. 9, 1902 The New York Times Archives ...