That's why a train's capacity to pull heavy weights is as crucial, if not more so, as its top speed. For example, some say that the Union Pacific Big Boy is the world's most powerful steam engine.
A restored steam locomotive built more than 100 years ago is up for sale. The Peckett & Sons 0-4-0T engine - named Marcia - has been kept at the Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) for over 60 years.
Talk to any driver or any person who’s ridden on a steam locomotive footplate ... I'm doing being a co-presenter on BBC Trainspotting Live. In my spare (!) time away from my main marketing ...
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 ...