The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer on Thursday showed off a Class J #611 steam locomotive to promote trips to Lynchburg, Va., on April 8 and to Charlotte on April 9. Travelers will ride trains ...

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...

A powerful steam locomotive, heading north, is ready to cross State Street in Fremont in this dramatic photograph from the 1950s. Notice the vintage streetlight in front of the Snooker Parlor and the ...

Being pulled by another train, the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive sped past onlookers Thursday on its way to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. The steam engine, built in 1950, ...

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 ...

Steam engines are antiquated machines that most people probably can’t say they’ve ever seen run in person, much less in actual service. Tuesday morning, however, a few Pennsylvanians bore witness to a ...

Trains have changed a lot, from the first steam-powered engines to the high-tech ones we ride today. Dining and entertainment have always been a part of the journey, but they've seen much evolution.

Oxford station was popular with trainspotters as it was always busy with passenger and freight trains hauled by locomotives from different regions. Apart from main line services, Oxford handled local ...