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Since being taken by his father to watch trains when a small boy, Keith Strickland has loved looking at steam locomotives. During the past 40 years he has traveled in his spare time to all five ...
A steam train built in 1937 is getting a makeover that will turn it into a “higher-speed” locomotive that runs on biocoal, a coal-like fuel made with woody plant material.
Built in Roanoke in 1950, the 611 is the only remaining Class J engine, considered the most advanced line of coal-fired steam locomotives ever built. The engine had been kept at the Virginia ...
Steam Locomotive 3751 passes through San Clemente in spring 2008 on an excursion that drew onlookers to the coast from all over Southern California. Another excursion is planned for May 1-2.
Last year, the 1928 Baldwin locomotive was joined by the former Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive 113, which came back to life after a restoration project that dates to the 1980s ...
The steam-driven locomotive might seem like a relic of bygone days, but tell that to the people cheering all the way to the clouds when the Big Boy 4014 pulled into Ogden for the Golden Spike ...
The Southeastern Railway Museum has about 90 items of rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives on a 35-acre site in Duluth.
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Norfolk Southern Railway, which in 2010 began a program called 21st Century Steam that runs steam locomotive excursions on its rails, donated $1.5 million to the restoration effort.
The Southeastern Railway Museum has about 90 items of rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives on a 35-acre site in Duluth.