A railway museum is pushing an “inconspicuous” century-old steam locomotive into the spotlight after unconfirmed rumors spread that it inspired the setting for Japan’s greatest box-office ...

(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...

According to its operator JR Kyūshū, SL Hitoyoshi is a class-8620 locomotive, completed on November 18, 1922. After its initial deployment to the Urakami depot in Nagasaki Prefecture, it ...

INUYAMA, Aichi -- Japan's oldest steam locomotive, which was imported from Britain in 1874, two years after the opening of the first railroad in the c ...

JR Kyushu's sightseeing train "SL Hitoyoshi" retired on March 24. The steam locomotive was 101 years old. It was the oldest operating steam locomotive in Japan. About 600 fans and others gathered ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- A steam engine that once traveled along Japan's first train line will come back this spring to the wellspring of the nation's rail system in Yokohama. The Type 110 locomotive ...