LIBBY – J. Neils Lumber Co. steam locomotive No. 4 isn’t much to look at these days. Most people who see it may think it’s a long-forgotten hulk of scrap, but to Ron Carter and other volunteers at the ...

Yet another fine example of the peak of American steam locomotive technology is emerging from retirement to delight fresh generations of railroad enthusiasts. Ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 1309 has ...

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A long way from its ...

It is dubbed The Lion, and it is one of just four showman’s road locomotives built back in the 1930s by British-based John Fowler & Co. At a Bonhams auction held last week, the contraption was ...

The Battle of Britain class steam locomotive 34067, also known as Tangmere, was pictured at Carlisle railway station this year. This locomotive was introduced in 1945 by the Southern Railway and is ...

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 ...