They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive. It’s not something an electric motor can give you, ever ...

Reading & Northern Railroad will operate a special steam excursion to Jim Thorpe from its Penobscot station in Mountain Top on Sept. 13. The trip is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mountain Top.

Remember that train engine that used to sit in Centennial Park? It’s on its way back to the rails. The restoration process for steam engine 576 (proper name Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis 576) ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Events to mark the 180th anniversary of railway's arrival in Guildford are taking place across the bank holiday weekend. A free exhibition including vintage film and steam train sound recordings will ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

There are less than 20 steam locomotives still operational in Canada and one is celebrating its centennial anniversary this weekend. Fort Steele Heritage Town, in B.C.'s southeast, about a ...