When the locomotives met, their boilers exploded almost simultaneously, hurling metal fragments and debris high into the air.

Sept. 30 (UPI) --Two people were hospitalized in an accident in Scotland involving the historic Flying Scotsman locomotive, officials said. The incident happened at around 6:15 p.m. local time on ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...