Marty Knox of Freeland has worked in many technical fields during his long career, from running and maintaining full-sized locomotives to working on the Stars Wars Strategic Defense Initiative. These ...

Richie Maggs leans into the boiler of a disassembled steam locomotive, sparks showering around him as he welds new metal to thicken and strengthen worn steel. Around him, the room echoes with the ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG – After being transported by tractor-trailer and hoisted by cranes, a steam locomotive boiler, which was manufactured in the 1920s, was visible just after 1 p.m. on Everett Railroad ...

SP&S 700 locomotive boiler work looks to future as team of volunteers puts on some steam It’s a well-known fact that Santa Claus loves steam trains, and so does the dedicated crew rebuilding one of ...

Joe DeFrancesco listens as Mike Reindl (right) explains how the K4’s outgoing power unit works as they stand in front of the K4 locomotive’s boiler. Mirror photos by Gary M. Baranec and Patrick ...

Royal Hudson No. 2839, all 3,039 tons of her, sat regally, if a bit tattered, on an Allentown railroad siding Sunday while men — mere dots next to the steam locomotive’s hulking frame — crawled onto ...