In its heyday as “The Standard Railroad of the World,” the Pennsylvania Railroad had thousands of trackside industries systemwide to service. Each needed regular switching, and many were located in ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The last steam engine ordered by the Union Pacific Railroad is chugging again after a six-year restoration. The railroad ordered the 844 Steam Engine in 1944 and it remained in ...

The Norfolk & Western Railway rail line runs through Buffalo Gap in Augusta County, Virginia. Sixty years after Norfolk & Western Railway retired its last steam engine, the iconic locomotive is back ...

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...

The “Queen of Steam” will roll through the Shenandoah Valley for five weekends only, offering a scenic journey through autumn’s finest. Sixty years after Norfolk & Western Railway retired its last ...

Sixty years after Norfolk & Western Railway retired its last steam engine, the iconic locomotive is back on the tracks—just in time for fall. “The N&W 611 is a standalone superstar,” Steve Powell, ...