For example, some say that the Union Pacific Big Boy is the world's most powerful steam engine. This is true, given that it ...

Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would probably have sent over an ...

To find out which of the 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotives are still operating, check out the Great American Steam Locomotives: Mikados DVD from Trains.

Hundreds of Kansans greet the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014 ... in North Topeka for hours waiting to see a piece of American history pass through town. Just before 1 p.m ...

The world’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014 ... of the tracks of Great Overland Station in North Topeka for hours waiting to see a piece of American history pass through town. Just before 1 ...