Similarly, the inventions of André Chapelon and Livion Dante Porta propelled the modern steam locomotives in the late 1940s and '50s. [Featured image by jimmyharris via Wikimedia Commons ...

The newly appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GWR, George Jackson Churchward, sought out designs for modern steam locomotives that could serve the Western network far into the future.

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.