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A Casper man’s lifelong passion for railroading led to a career as a passenger train conductor. The 82-year-old loves trains ...
My friend Dug North, who wrote a lot of excellent how-to articles for me when I was editing Make magazine, has a YouTube ...
The newly unveiled Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 and Cheyenne's Big Boy No. 4014 will meet up twice this ...
Union Pacific is rolling out the big guns — literally — as Big Boy No. 4014 returns to Colorado for its 2025 summer tour.
What truly went wrong with the ambitious duplex steam engines that promised to revolutionize rail travel? Discover the hidden challenges that plagued these engineering marvels, from unexpected ...
In Missoula, Montana, a quiet relic of the steam era still stands tall. The Northern Pacific 1356, a 10-wheel steam engine ...
Trains visited the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Museum in Mineral, Wash. for a cab ride aboard a historic steam locomotive ...
Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, North Carolina isn’t just another amusement park—it’s a time machine disguised as 200 ...
The star of the show is, of course, the namesake train itself. Engine No. 12, affectionately known as “Tweetsie,” is a ...
By running steam through a series of train whistles, the large musical instrument ... as did many steam-powered engines and contraptions. The instrument was used in the 1967 record of “Being ...
(KOLN) - A good time to get a look at a restored 1920s Minneapolis steam engine at the Legacy of the ... Many kids like the whistle on it. It’s just something that people don’t see, and ...