A static steam locomotive on display in front of the Ashokapuram Railway Workshop will billow “smoke”, blow whistle, and recreate the chugging sound to transport the onlookers to a bygone era. As part ...

One of the things Mark Bassett noticed on his first visit to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum some 25 years ago was the lack of warning signs, glass cases and velvet ropes protecting the artifacts. ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

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 ...

With plumes of smoke billowing into the sky, the world’s largest steam locomotive left Wisconsin on Friday morning, bound for an afternoon stop in West Chicago. Back on the rails for the first time in ...

Before electric trains, steam locomotives posed serious dangers in Manhattan. Smoke, noise, and accidents made surface rail untenable. Engineers responded by burying the line beneath Park Avenue. The ...

Visit: Museum open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (4 p.m. on Sundays) except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Jan. 2. Check website for full schedule of train rides and events; ...