It’s a cliché to refer to a decade as a “decade of change.” In the summation of our nation’s history, what decade wasn’t a ...

It is big. And loud. Furthermore, it belches steam. "It's the smell," says railroad fanatic Sam Sargent about a 1940s train engine known as the Union Pacific Big Boy, the largest, heaviest and most ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. >> In its prime, a massive steam locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy freight trains over the mountains ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LULING, La. (WGNO) — Residents of the small ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A big piece of American history rolled into the Old Pueblo Thursday, and there's still a chance to check it out in person. Union Pacific's "Great Race Across the Southwest" tour made a ...

Check your calendar and buy your tickets before they quickly sell out as they did in 2017 for the Joliet Rocket, a 1940s steam locomotive to operate between Joliet and Chicago Sept. 15 and 16. “About ...

ALRESFORD, England, March 19 (Reuters) - The 'Canadian Pacific', a 1940s steam train that took soldiers and supplies to England's south coast during World War Two, returned to service on Wednesday, ...

For many of us, the golden age of steam railway travel belongs to the era of our parents, grandparents and beyond. But decades later, its romantic allure still stretches across time. Our short film, ...

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