OK, so today let's skip the planes and cars and concentrate ... about 1804 that the first steam-powered trains began operating. The earliest ones were used to move coal, but it wasn't long before ...

A 143-year tradition came to an end a year ago this week as No. 481 marked the last of the Durango & Silverton's steam ...

Effective, but slow. The invention of the steam train and railways offered a way of transporting loads of coal really quickly. The Monklands Canal was replaced by the speedier Garnkirk and Glasgow ...

Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--With a puff of black smoke and the toot of a whistle, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (The winter ... among other features. The cars are warmed with signature coal stoves, with ...