NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
For those wishing to travel behind or witness Falcon class No.10 on its debut Santa services, the first train it’s scheduled to haul will be the 11:00 from Corris on Saturday 7th December.
Steam-powered Santa trains will operate from Minersville on two days this year: Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15. Three trips each day will travel south from the ...
The Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk has welcomed the arrival of its new battery-electric locomotive. Weighing in at 13.6 tonnes, the locomotive arrived at Aylsham from manufacturers, Clayton Equipment ...
The nominal horse power of a locomotive of the dimensions given and performing, as described, is eight hundred. This is estimated by multiplying the pressure of the steam per inch on the area of ...
Chile-based copper miner Antofagasta’s transport division, Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), has unveiled South America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The new locomotive ...
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