Railroad collectors will want to climb aboard for Day 1 (May 11) of the five-day event which features 937 lots of train-themed items including signage, lanterns, furniture, advertisements and more.

And you can see vintage seats, hats, tokens, advertisements, dinnerware, everything relating to a way of life that vanished when the last American steam locomotive rolled out of the shop in 1953.

On July 1, 1922, 400,000 railroad shop and track maintenance workers began a strike that would escalate into picket line battles fought with clubs, guns, knives and bombs. Yet the initial walkouts … ...

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The Railroad is serviced by two vintage locomotives which include "Puffy" the 1896 Steam locomotive and oldest continuously operating steam engine in the South, and a 1953 GP-7 diesel locomotive.

Take a scenic ride through the Catskills on a 200-year-old railroad This vintage train runs year round and is themed for each new season By Sam Raby and Sam Reichman Nov 10, 2017, 4:43pm EST ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — About 30 vintage railroad motorcar hobbyists visited Fort Leonard Wood on Saturday to ride the installation’s 19-mile rail system.