Downtown Raleigh harbors many secrets and hidden relics from the city's past. We walk past many of these pieces of hidden history each day without even realizing their importance. Tucked away behind a ...

The famous Union Pacific Big Boy was the heaviest steam locomotive ever built when it became operational in the 1940s. An icon of the American railroads, it was retired from service in 1959 as the ...

About 75 persons, many of them alerted by the grapevine that unites railroad buffs, gathered at Penn Central's Pittsfield Junction this morning to view the American Freedom Train as it made a brief, ...

A PAYING ADULT. GET IN FREE. WELL, YOU CAN SEE A PIECE OF RAILROAD HISTORY UP CLOSE IN ROSEVILLE THIS MORNING. UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY, THE LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD, ARRIVED IN ...

In November of 1945, the Pennsylvania Railroad rolled out the T1: the first of its new class of high-speed steam locomotives. Penned by the same hand that gave us the Coke bottle, the T1 was built ...

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 ...

There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, a group of Pennsylvania ...

KINGSTON — The Catskill Mountain Railroad announces its hosting of Steam Locomotive Viscose No. 6 in Kingston on May 7 and 8. Ride the first and possibly last steam train to depart from Kingston since ...

PENINSULA, Ohio – Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Steam in the Valley event is back for 2022 with excursions scheduled for May 13-15 and May 20-22. The event features rides on the Nickel Plate Steam ...