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 ...

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 ...

Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

Deep in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a remarkable piece of history chugs along every single day. The coal mine in ...

A live steam locomotive is returning to the North Shore after engines of its kind have been absent for a decade. Locomotive 2719, an ALCO steam engine built in 1923, will make a trip from the Duluth ...

LAKE LINDEN, MI – This 1915 locomotive sat silently for years. Now, it’s chugging back to life. The Houghton County Historical Society has restored and recertified the Calumet & Hecla Mine #3 Steam ...

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 & ...

It’s powerful, charismatic and can draw an adoring crowd of thousands. No, not a presidential candidate. Rather, it’s the return of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 to Illinois this fall. The vintage ...

Over the last several years, a group of people have been trying to bring a part of that robust history back to life. The group is the Texas Railway Preservation Association (TRPA), and its existence ...

"Old 4524" is pictured waiting patiently before its final run, as documented in the Springfield Leader & Press on Nov. 2, 1953. The last of the Frisco’s steam locomotives started one of its most ...

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 ...