Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds ...

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Following the Stourbridge Lion, the States’ first steam locomotive ... and historical reenactments have dropped coal in favor of electric, gasoline turbine or diesel power—sometimes, a ...

The saga ends with an experimental coal-burning turbine locomotive built by Union Pacific itself in 1962.

A 125-ton locomotive that played a critical part in an Ottawa County coal power plant that's closing will find a new life on Coopersville and Marne Railway.

For decades, the big yellow engine has pulled coal around the power plant, but since Consumers plans to shutter the coal plant in 2025, the company donated the locomotive to the Friends of ...

coal-fired steam locomotive owned by the Gramling Locomotive Works. It was originally built by Vulcan Iron Works in 1928, this 0-4-0 tank engine was originally used to haul stone before being sold ...