The first thing you might notice about the restored locomotive departing from Old Sacramento is the billowing cloud of steam pouring out of the shiny, black engine, stamped with the name Granite Rock ...

Alex Bertram (left) and Tim Stockdale (right) with the train. Courtesy | Scot Bertram ...

The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a stop in Altoona as thousands gathered to greet the train Tuesday and send it off Wednesday morning. The 4014 is the only operational Big Boy steam ...

A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do ...

FRED LYNCH * [email protected] Union Pacific Railroad's Challenger steam locomotive No. 3985 slowly rolled to a brief stop in Scott City Thursday afternoon as train enthusiasts gathered to watch ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - Thousands of onlookers lined a stretch of East Texas railroad tracks on Sunday to catch a glimpse of a piece of history. From Jacksonville to Longview, they were waiting to see ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As soon as the end of next year, Nashvillians could once again hear a distinct whistle that once rang through Music City as locomotive No. 576 pulled passengers and freight ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

The smells and sounds of locomotive travel get the audience in the mood for a theatrical adaptation of the beloved children’s book. Credit...Video by Ellie Smith For The New York Times Supported by By ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo sold its steam engines to a preservation society in the Wisconsin Dells. If you want to visit the Riverside and Greater Northern Railroad, it is open every day in the summer ...