Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

Oroville, CA. - Union Pacific will launch its first-ever coast-to-coast steam tour this spring, led by the legendary Big Boy ...

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 ...

NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WJMN) – The Yankee was built in the 1860s and once hauled iron ore at the Jackson Mine in Negaunee. Today the 150-year old locomotive is around 60 percent intact, but soon it will be ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

OWEGO (WBNG) -- Construction is underway for the Owego “Steamer House” project which aims to preserve the rich history of the fire department’s steam engine. The project is led by the Owego Hose Team.

Engine 557 sits on rails in front of its home shop in Wasilla. The 557 Restoration Company fired up the old steam locomotive Nov. 8, 2025, for the first time since the 1950s. The last steam locomotive ...

After the smoke, the thousands of visitors and the rhythmic thumping sounds of the massive century-old steam engines have vanished from the grounds of the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in ...