Plunkett and his organization -- the Pacific Locomotive Society, volunteer operators of the steam-powered tourist railway in Niles Canyon -- hooked up the engine to a crane, and they hauled it to ...

The "cab-forward" design of steam locomotives, while an innovative idea, was often more trouble than it was worth. This design aimed to solve the visibility issue by placing the cab at the front ...

It’s 7:30 a.m. and our Trains crew has arrived at the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Museum in Mineral, Washington for a steam engine cab ride. It’s about a two-hour plus drive from Carnation ...

The behemoth of a steam locomotive is on showcase for many public events throughout the month. Visitors to Strasburg Rail Road this month have the rare opportunity to see Norfolk & Western Class J ...

The last steam locomotive delivered to Union Pacific, the “Living Legend” Northern No. 844, has remained in service since 1944. Big Boy No. 4014 will join in No. 844’s publicity work as a ...

Life is full of wonderful occupational prospects when you're 6 or 7: professional Wiffle ball player or coloring-book artist, designer of Jetsons-style flying cars and, best of all, steam ...

The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive will tour the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 in honor of the Transcontinental Railroad's 1869 completion. ... "Everybody in the cab is, you know, ...

It costs $35 per person, in addition to the price of admission. [RELATED: Queen of Steam returns to Roanoke] Visitors will have the chance for a cab tour, and to blow the whistle.

The steam locomotive comes storming out of the mist, clouds of white steam billowing from its flanks as its whistle shreds the silence of the western plains. Surrounded by fields of harvest-ripe ...

THE project to build Britain's most powerful express passenger steam locomotive has taken another step forward – with work carried out on the driver's cab. A trial fitting of the driver's cab ...