OGDEN — A legendary locomotive made its return to Ogden this weekend. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 made a weekend stop that drew thousands of visitors of all ages to Union Station from its arrival ...

To an energy engineer, there is nothing more awesome than live steam locomotives because that is where our discipline began. Drawn by the allure of steam, I took a day trip over the holiday to visit a ...

SPENCER — Visitors can once again climb into the cab of an authentic steam locomotive, operating the engine themselves on the historic grounds of the N.C. Transportation Museum. An annual offering at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a 1954 view from the running board of Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire-type No. 703, standing in the siding at New Douglas, ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

IT GOES BACK TO ITS NATIVE VIRGINIA. FOR SOME VISITORS, TODAY’S TRIP TO THE STRASBURG RAILROAD IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. SHE’S JUST A GREAT STEAM ENGINE TO SEE. SHE’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

Railroad fans in central Pennsylvania are in for a treat during the month of October as Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611, known as “The Queen of Steam,” visits Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in 2024 on one of L&N's most powerful steam locomotives, the Big Emma.