Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era, was recently asked about his top locomotive. He’s owned several great ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

Though we consider model railroading a hobby, it’s also an investment. Consider the prices of model trains today. Depending ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...

Classic Toy Trains Senior Editor Roger Carp takes another look at Lionel catalog volume 1 for 2024 and describes more items ...

Soo Line No. 1003 attracts crowds during 2024 Santa Train with off-season work to include FRA annual inspection after ...

Over the next few years, this engine was improved to provide more power, with a 12 hp model appearing in ... debuting the first steam-powered train in 1804. It had the ability to haul ten tons ...

And in its latest and most princely adaptation—the locomotive—it moves long trains of elegant ... name in connection with the steam engine. A small working model of what was called Newcomens ...

Steam-powered Santa trains will operate from Minersville on two days this year: Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15. Three trips each day will travel south from the ...

Luther R. Taught, of Macon, Georgia, has invented a very ingenious and original improvement for regulating the speed of steam engines, by cutting off the steam in the steam box when it exceeds the ...

Union Pacific's No. 4014 weighs in at more than a million pounds and is 132 feet long. The 83-year-old steam engine was used during World War II designed to carry large freight trains.

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection is now available on PC via Steam. The PC Engine game compilation is also accessible on Nintendo Switch.