Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

A UK inquiry found a fuel-system fault, a misdiagnosed emergency and the shutdown of two working engines led to a fatal Royal Navy Merlin ditching.

At the end of a shift in South Africa’s Vaal Reefs gold mine, 104 workers entered an elevator to return to the surface. A runaway locomotive plunged into the shaft and smashed into their car, ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- A fuel spill has been contained, but traffic is just beginning to snarl on Highway 90 after a crash involving a train and an 18-wheeler, according to the Sugar Land Police ...

Canadian National Railway is expanding its hybrid fleet program to five locomotives after a successful pilot project. The Canadian railroad operator said that it now has three locomotives being tested ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The failure of a locomotive power unit and slack between train cars caused a Union Pacific freight train derailment on April 23 in downtown Austin, according to a Federal Railroad ...

ALTOONA, Pa.—This summer’s tear-jerker isn’t a rom-com. It’s Big Boy 4014. The 1.2-million-pound locomotive, built in 1941 to haul heavy freight across the Wasatch Mountains between Utah and Wyoming, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Duhamel (Ransom Canyon), James Franco (127 Hours), Paula Patton (Precious), and Summer H. Howell (Amazon’s upcoming Carrie TV series) have wrapped on Runaway, a new indie ...

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 14, 2026 3:01 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information ...

"These new NSF Engines will be transformational for America's innovation infrastructure — helping secure our national competitiveness in technologies and future industries that will be critical to our ...