Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] ARCADE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & ...

A 100-year-old steam locomotive has found a new home at the Allentown & Auburn Railroad in Kutztown. Old No. 106, which once hauled sand and gravel at the Sturm & Dillard quarry in Ohio, arrived ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...

If you grew up around here and are of a certain age, you might remember an old steam locomotive that was displayed for years at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. While the giant artifact has been absent ...

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 ...

SABINE COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - A Deep East Texas group is on a mission to preserve and relocate a nearly 100-year-old specialized train car. “It’s really important to see how we got where we are,” said ...

In the late 1800s, rugged lumberjacks toiled during the Northwoods’ long winters, cutting pines that helped build Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Louis. Sturdy horses dragged the felled trees on sleds over ...