Locomotives in the scrapyard Sitting switchers The switcher is a rapidly-dying species on American railroads. Pushed out of ...

Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 will make its annual appearance for the Hartford Santa Train on Saturday, Nov. 9. The 1913 Alco, ...

The Woodstown Central Railroad, the heritage rail operation of SMS Rail Service, has announced that its restored Alco 0-6-0 ...

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The National Railway Museum has sent RailAdvent an update on Flying Scotsman, with the locomotive currently based at Locomotion at Shildon. The museum says that they are working with Northern Steam ...

At a rally for Palestinian victims of the war in Gaza, at the University of Maryland, College Park, on October 7, 2024. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / AFP A keffiyeh was tied around the rearview mirror of a ...

Operated by volunteers of the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group, DVR recently celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, with a jam-packed day of events and rides on the steam locomotive. With the ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 – the iconic, one-million-pound steam locomotive – made a stop in Denver Wednesday morning, and Airtracker7 was overhead. DENVER — Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 – ...

The world's largest steam engine is scheduled to depart Colorado for Wyoming Wednesday morning. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will depart from Denver Union Station back to the locomotive's home ...

Those wishing to see Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will have their chance Wednesday in Greeley. The popular train will be on public display during its whistle ...