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 ...

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A new steam restoration group has purchased former Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a 4-8-4 passenger locomotive No. 614 (Lima Locomotive Works, 1948) and plans to return it to operating condition. RJD ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo is parting ways with its steam engines to make way for new diesel engine locomotives that are ...

The Shed47 Railway Restoration Group in Dunfermline is aiming to raise £10,000 to bring the historic locomotive from Lathalmond Railway Museum, known as No.29, back to life once more. This final phase ...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IWSR) is saying a fond farewell to one of its locomotives, which is going to a new home near Northampton.

The world's largest steam engine has ended its cross-country tour after traveling through central Iowa in September.

The Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine once used to fight floods in the area. The engine dates back to 1831, when it was built on the banks of the River Great Ouse at a cost of £4,950 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine is coming back to Colorado. Union Pacific will bring Big Boy No. 4014 through Colorado from Monday, Oct. 21, to Wednesday, Oct. 23, on its ...

Who invented Bitcoin? That question has become a captivating mystery for the digital age along the lines of whatever happened to D.B. Cooper or who was Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal.

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But Monday was Train Day in Claremore, and thousands flocked downtown to watch the world's biggest steam locomotive stop at ... "I mean, it's a piece of history." Bruni came with his mother ...