A HISTORIC gathering of working 1940s steam locomotives will take place on The Swanage Railway heritage line to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of steam trains in southern England.

“In the 1940s and 1950s, steam locomotives would stop periodically at watering towers to refill their water tender, but those were all decommissioned 60 years ago.

The 786 steam engine that pulled the Hill Country Flyer, seen here, is much smaller than the 4014, the only operating Big Boy. That 1940s behemoth recently toured Texas.

A BLAST from the past steamed into Portsmouth with the arrival of two iconic 1940s steam trains, ready to give passengers a day out to remember.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. >> In its prime, a massive steam locomotive built in Schenectady, N.Y., known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy ...

Twenty-five of the massive and powerful engines were built in the 1940s to haul heavy Union Pacific freight trains over Wyoming and Utah mountains. The last was retired in 1962.

An event happening this weekend in Lackawanna County is all steam ahead, getting ready to celebrate railroading in our region ...

A group is back on track after burglars derailed a project to restore a 1940s steam engine.VIDEO: Vintage locomotive restoration plans back on trackIt's taken almost two years, but steam ...

The restoration of a World War 2-era steam locomotive, Number 576, is forging ahead at full speed, as it finally receives its wheels back.

“In the 1940s and 1950s, steam locomotives would stop periodically at watering towers to refill their water tender, but those were all decommissioned 60 years ago.

While the locomotive runs the same, the process is a little different now. “In the 1940s and 1950s, steam locomotives would stop periodically at watering towers to refill their water tender, but ...