A hulking mass of steel, cast iron and brass — leviathan in size and resurrected from its slumber as a museum artifact — chugged into Indiana and came to a halt. The world’s largest operating ...

Union Pacific Big Boy number 4014, a 132-foot-long train weighing more than 1 million pounds, has been turning heads since ...

Crowds watch the arrival of Union Pacific's historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 at the old Union Pacific depot in North Lawrence, Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, 2019. The Union Pacific’s historic ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After years of rest, a 100-year-old steam engine locomotive has been brought back to life. A blessing was held for “Kaipu,” one of the last locomotives brought to the ...

To Matt Vida, the Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is not just the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. The 600-ton ...

A massive steam locomotive that first went into service 85 years ago has been traveling coast-to-coast to celebrate America's ...

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 ...

"Old 4524," the last of the Frisco railroad's steam locomotives, on the track before its final journey to Grant Beach Park. Published in the Springfield Leader & Press on Nov. 2, 1953. "Old 4524" is ...

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – If you grew up in Nashville or in Middle Tennessee you’re likely to have seen the old locomotive “576” in Centennial Park near the Parthenon. You may have even taken a field ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Illinois Central steam locomotive No. 790 had spent 55 years in freight service and was headed for the ...