BOW — For years Diz Schimke has operated his own half-scale railway in his backyard to fulfill his childhood dream and to benefit the Alger food bank. This year he is trying to get his plans back on ...

SPENCER— The steam locomotive is like a living thing, volunteer Lindsay Abee said as he stood near the tracks where Lehigh Valley Coal Engine No. 126 waited for its next trip. “You can feel the energy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio CHAMA, N.M. — In the thick of swirling plumes of coal-fired smoke and greasy engine parts, 11 men, mostly middle-aged ...

Jeff Nicholls's childhood memories of his local Wolverhampton steam sheds in the 1960s paved the way for over 20 years of driving steam trains on the Polish main line, and now he has launched a book ...

running on tracks, there was the Lombard Steam Log Hauler. This wacky steam-locomotive-like contraption used tank-style tracks instead of railroad tracks to get around, freeing it up to go wherever it ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — 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 ...

What a time to make such a suggestion, because one such loco just surfaced for sale on eBay of all places. As all the foamers out there can tell you, this is a Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-10-4 “Texas” ...

A world-famous steam locomotive departed Darlington this weekend after returning to its home town as part of the 200th ...

Riddle me this: what has 24 wheels, weighs more than three Jumbo Jets, and can pull five miles (eight kilometers) of cargo at seventy miles per hour full steam? That last clue should easily give it ...

CHAMA, N.M. — In the thick of swirling plumes of coal-fired smoke and greasy engine parts, 11 men, mostly middle-aged and clad in blue overalls and steel-toed boots, are getting ready for a day of ...