"We've got so much coal here but the problem is that we can't extract it." Steam locomotives rely on bituminous lump coal to burn, which is relatively smokeless and comparatively clean. The ...

They have been steadily in work ever since, doing full duty, and making extra speed with passenger trains, and the company ... the boiler is used to dry the steam before its effective force ...

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 ...

The operator of coal-fired steam locomotives in the tourist spot of Nikko in eastern Japan is trialing a biofuel as a way to cut its carbon dioxide emissions, the first such initiative in the country.

Locomotive No29 was built in 1908 for the Fife Coal Company’s Mary Pit in Lochore. After being out of service for half a ...