About 25 years ago, a group of Southern California train enthusiasts made either the best or the worst investment of their lives, depending on how you look at it. For the grand sum of $1, they bought ...

In November of 1945, the Pennsylvania Railroad rolled out the T1: the first of its new class of high-speed steam locomotives. Penned by the same hand that gave us the Coke bottle, the T1 was built ...

The famous Union Pacific Big Boy was the heaviest steam locomotive ever built when it became operational in the 1940s. An icon of the American railroads, it was retired from service in 1959 as the ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

A PAYING ADULT. GET IN FREE. WELL, YOU CAN SEE A PIECE OF RAILROAD HISTORY UP CLOSE IN ROSEVILLE THIS MORNING. UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY, THE LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD, ARRIVED IN ...

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of passenger services on the Settle-Carlisle line A steam train has completed a journey honouring 150 years of freight services on the Settle to Carlisle line.

There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, a group of Pennsylvania ...

About 75 persons, many of them alerted by the grapevine that unites railroad buffs, gathered at Penn Central's Pittsfield Junction this morning to view the American Freedom Train as it made a brief, ...

It may still be summer on the calendar, but parents may want to start thinking about Christmas. The Essex Steam Train has announced the dates for ticket sales for its wildly popular North Pole Express ...