A railfan remembers encounters with the familiar 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive type on multiple railroads around the Great ...

And while the rails were taken up in Newton Falls and elsewhere many years ago, an original, stone whistle post still stands in the ground of the track bed right-of-way just north of the depot to ...

FORT CARSON — The Colorado Springs Spartan Trifecta Weekend will return to the Fort Carson Mountain Post for its twelfth year ...

Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway and Museum says it's working on phase one of an effort to revive the train.

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

Explore the fascinating mechanics behind a steam locomotive, a marvel of engineering that revolutionized transportation. This video unpacks how heat from burning oil in the tender turns water into ...

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Contributor If you grew up around here, you likely learned a bit about steam locomotives during Pacific Northwest History class in high school. Since at least the 1890s, the ...

All aboard! Southern Pacific Engine No. 1238 is departing from Fresno to its final destination in Kingsburg.Thehistoric steam locomotive that has sat behind a ...

But after a spectacular, time-consuming and meticulous $3 million effort, including about $1.5 million from the Wagner Foundation, the 1385 steam locomotive is nearly whole. And in the coming months, ...

Steve Morris recounts a two-week trip around Mongolia, the landlocked East Asian country sandwiched between northern China ...

One of the biggest and most powerful steam locomotives in history has returned to life: Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014. Big Boy weighs in at 600 tons, is 132 feet long, and can move at up to 80 miles ...