by the use of wood for locomotive fuel, we long ago (when no other kind was used) repeatedly directed attention to the substitution of coal for wood on our railroads Stubborn at one period in ...

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 locomotives that the company converted from coal burning to oil.

This is an arrangement f or regulating the amount of air which is supplied to a coal-burning locomotive, and supplying the air at the requisite speed and pressure by means of a fan blast.

FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A coal train derailed in the Bremo Bluff area of Fluvanna County Tuesday morning. At 4:53 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Fluvanna County Emergency Communications ...

Mark Nist was outside picking up a mail delivery when the sound of a train's whistle – and a friend's "holler" caught his attention. Nist said he glanced down Stoystown Road just in time to see a coal ...