This spring, the Big Boy embarked on a coast-to-coast tour to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

Earlier this year, the Milwaukee County Zoo announced that the popular zoo train's two steam locomotive engines would be retired and replaced by custom-built diesel engines. No changes have been made ...

Dubbed Big Boy #4014, the Union Pacific locomotive will operate a single, one-way trip through several Pennsylvania towns ...

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 ...

Virginia's 2026 Summer of Steam features the legendary N&W Class J 611 steam train with rides from Staunton and Louisa.

Steam in the Valley attendees can take a ride on the 400-ton Nickel Plate Road No. 765, one of the last operating mainline steam locomotives in the country.

The world's largest operating steam locomotive, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, departed Sacramento on a historic ...

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 ...

MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- After a four-decade career in the railroad industry that mostly included selling tickets as a station agent in Wilton, retired Montevallo resident Bill Legg still gets excited ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watertown, a town in Wilson County of about 1,550 residents as of the 2020 census, experiences a tourism boon 16-18 Saturdays per ...

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...