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

Illinois Central steam locomotive No. 790 had spent 55 years in freight service and was headed for the scrap yard in 1959 when “railfan” Lou Keller bought it and brought it to Cedar Rapids from ...

Crowds watch the arrival of Union Pacific's historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 at the old Union Pacific depot in North Lawrence, Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, 2019. The Union Pacific’s historic ...

When KIRO Radio reported in April that an old steam locomotive that once graced Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was for sale in Oregon, a flood of listeners responded with comments that there were plenty ...

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 ...

The 150 year-old steam locomotive nicknamed “Skunk” will be on full display at SteamRail Whanganui Inc’s open days over ...

Union Depot will be receiving a historic visitor on Friday, as the 94-year-old steam locomotive the Canadian Pacific Kansas City 2816 Empress is visiting the Twin Cities for the first time since 2004.

After more than five years of restoration, a 110-year-old steam locomotive will traverse the tracks between Duluth and Two Harbors this summer with the North Shore Scenic Railroad. "It's exciting to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 150-year-old piece of Michigan’s industrial past is poised to glide into the future thanks to a major gift, state officials said. The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in the Upper Peninsula recently ...