The Emery Rail Heritage Trust has awarded $60,000 in grants to Friends of the 261 and the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS) to fund Positive Train Control (PTC) on two historic steam ...

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The "cab-forward" design of steam locomotives, while an innovative idea, was often more trouble than it was worth. This design aimed to solve the visibility issue by placing the cab at the front ...

With a more than $3 million restoration now complete, the 1385 steam locomotive has begun its journey from rural Dane County ...

Life is full of wonderful occupational prospects when you're 6 or 7: professional Wiffle ball player or coloring-book artist, designer of Jetsons-style flying cars and, best of all, steam ...

The cab of a steam locomotive is a safe haven from a digital world. Photo by Raford Creative The crew waves at passengers as Polson Logging Co. No. 70, a 100-year-old 2-8-2 Mikado, reverses to run ...

Visitors to Strasburg Rail Road this month have the rare opportunity to see Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 up close. The behemoth of a steam locomotive is on showcase for many public events ...

Plunkett and his organization -- the Pacific Locomotive Society, volunteer operators of the steam-powered tourist railway in Niles Canyon -- hooked up the engine to a crane, and they hauled it to ...