The Southern Pacific engine No. 745 is the last Louisiana-built steam locomotive left in the state. It has survived the scrap ...

Recent developments at Macon's Coal Tower on Seventh Street shed light on its value and prompt a deeper look into its past ...

Built in 1944, the 2926 locomotive ran a million miles before retiring in 1953.

Sources History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1902 A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in the Steam Era, John H. White, (1982). Extent 9 Cubic feet (4 drawers) Date 1870-1890 ...

Raleigh's steam-era locomotive roundhouses: Then and now Historic images found in the State Archives of North Carolina show how the roundhouse and turntable looked during the era of steam locomotives.

Which is faster—the steam or electric locomotive? On the face of the latest returns, the "juice" seems to have it. At Erie, Pa., last week a speed of 105 miles an hour was attained over a short ...

Local train lovers are busy restoring the Frisco No. 4500 to its former glory. The wheels on the Frisco No. 4500 don't turn like they used to, but its future in Tulsa is still on track. The ...

ALTOONA — A railroad museum has suspended the decade-long restoration of a steam locomotive due to lack of funding and is putting the parts in storage with plans to bring it back to Altoona for ...