You can’t keep a good locomotive down—especially when it has the momentum of history behind it. No matter how many times they’ve been repainted for how many purposes, retired and then rehired, ...

SP&S 700 locomotive boiler work looks to future as team of volunteers puts on some steam It’s a well-known fact that Santa Claus loves steam trains, and so does the dedicated crew rebuilding one of ...

For the past four decades, former Norfolk & Western and Southern Pacific locomotive engineer Doyle McCormack has coddled the most familiar steam locomotive operating in North America. Now, Chief ...

Vancouver’s BNSF railyard has a venerable visitor for the next few days: a working steam locomotive. The Southern Pacific 4449 arrived at midday Monday for a few days of video production work, which ...

The Pacific Locomotive Association and the Niles Canyon Railway held a special run on Saturday, May 1, with the 2-4-4-2 Columbia River Belt Line #7 steam locomotive, known as the “Skookum.” Some 40 ...

Jim Plunkett smoked Salems and wore Ray-Bans, and his jeans were hitched with a big brass buckle. Stamped on the buckle was "2467," the name of the mighty old locomotive that has been a part of ...

Trains were once the lifeline in America, and the steam engine was the heart and soul. One of those steamers, the 1919 Southern Pacific engine No. 2852, is one display at the Glenn County Fairgrounds ...