Dubbed Big Boy #4014, the Union Pacific locomotive will operate a single, one-way trip through several Pennsylvania towns this summer as part of the U.S.'s 250th anniversary.

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

Lionel's No. 671 Pennsylvania RR S2 steam turbine is one of the classic O gauge locomotives of the postwar era. Lionel released it for the first full product line of the post-World War II era in 1946.

After years of outdoor deterioration, six steam locomotives will finally have protection from the elements in a new facility. Construction is expected to begin on the building this month at the ...

Five steam locomotives, destined for preservation at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, are the focus of a $50,000 matching fund challenge. The museum is running a $250,000 Ready for the Roundhouse ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has met a $50,000 matching grant challenge by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, with funds designated for the preservation of five historic ...

The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has transferred ownership of Steam Locomotive 5288 to the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust of Boyertown, Pa. The partnership will return to Pennsylvania a ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has started construction of a six-stall roundhouse for the display of its historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. Patrick Morrison, director, Railroad ...

The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust wants to bring the steam locomotive back to the region. The nonprofit, which restores and operates the Colebrookdale Railroad between Pottstown and ...