Take a trip behind Norfolk and Western No. 611, an iconic steam locomotive recently restored and known for its sleek bullet shape.
Cheyenne-based Big Boy 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will make its first ever coast-to-coast tour this year to honor ...
The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...
Union Pacific 4014, also known as the largest steam locomotive in the world, also known as a Union Pacific "Big Boy," is racing to Ogden, Utah, to make it in time for the 150th anniversary ...
Not all national historic sites are cited on mountains or historic battlefields. In nearby Scranton, Pa., there is a unique national park that celebrates a machine and its effect on this country’s ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Steam could breathe new life into the old Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse near Steelyard Commons. The Midwest Railway Preservation Society is already restoring a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive ...
(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...
In my day there were many more railroad crossings than now. Chattanooga was really and truly "Choo Choo City." John Wilson's new book about trains in Chattanooga most likely tells how many passenger ...
There are few machines that convey speed and power better than the Pennsylvania Railroad’s S1 locomotive. A blistering steam-powered behemoth of a train, the S1 looks less like a train than a bullet ...