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Northern Pacific No. 1364 runs again after 73 years

TOPPENISH, Wash. — Former Northern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 1364 moved under its own power for the first time in 73 years on Feb. 21 ...
The Bismarck Tribune

State sprucing up locomotive

Bismarck's Northern Pacific steam locomotive has a new coat of paint more than 50 years after its last run. Locomotive 2164 was retired to Camp Hancock in 1955. The restoration project will be ...
朝日新聞社

Biofuels tested in steam, diesel locomotives to cut CO2 levels

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. Tobu ...
seattlepi.com

Blast from past to roll as Puget Sound Steam Special

Life is full of wonderful occupational prospects when you're 6 or 7: professional Wiffle ball player or coloring-book artist, designer of Jetsons-style flying cars and, best of all, steam-locomotive ...
nptelegraph

Restored Union Pacific locomotive to stop in N. Platte

The restoration of Union Pacific’s steam locomotive No. 844 is complete and this historic engine will be in North Platte about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Hackaday

steam locomotive

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 places, but ...