Steam Into History Inc. has a new locomotive to pull its excursion trains -- a 1950s diesel that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The locomotive moved down the tracks recently to the station in ...

The coal was hot. The crew were ready. On July 3rd, 1938, the 4468 Mallard, an A4-class steam locomotive, was performing an alleged brake test for its London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owners.

Jerry Jacobson was a young boy in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, living near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, when he first fell in love with steam trains. Fast forward more than 50 years, and dozens of objects ...

NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS) revealed a major cosmetic change to historic steam locomotive no. 765 on Friday. In a move to honor its unique history and ...

"For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental ...

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 places, but ...

CARBONDALE — He started as a mule driver for the Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Canal Company, and would one day be making steam locomotives. Thomas Dickson, of Carbondale, Pa., his brothers and their father ...

A piece of rail history in Albuquerque is getting a facelift, as a local organization looks to return the turntable downtown ...

On this day 205 years ago, British inventor George Stephenson unveiled his design for the first ever functional steam-powered locomotive. In 1814, Ludwig von Beethoven premiered his 8th Symphony in F.

In this 2017 file photo, a miniature steam locomotive is on display at the Frisco Heritage Museum. The Allen City Council recently approved moving an actual steam locomotive to the Allen Heritage ...

Seeing Jon C. Lakey’s extraordinary photo in Monday’s Post reminded me of a funny story from the newspaper’s past about steam locomotives. Jon’s photo has to be the best among the hundreds of images ...

It’s springtime, and train rides are coming back to Jamestown just in time to celebrate the Sierra Railway’s 125 years in the Mother Lode. And now an 87-ton piece of local railroad history, Steam ...