Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive.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 ...

In the late 1950s, photographer O. Winston Link decided to document the end of an era -- capturing steam trains in pictures and sound recordings. Using an 80-pound tape recorder hooked up to a ...

"An official American Freedom Train Foundation recording." Notes on container. SUMMARY: Locomotive sounds, the official American Freedom Train theme song, and the ...

If you ever manage to take a peek inside the train operator's compartment on the subway, the whole operation might strike you as kind of simple. There aren't a whole lot of controls to work with. But ...

The Big Boy will soon wave bye-bye. One of the world’s largest steam locomotives, the old Big Boy No. 4014 has occupied space, and plenty of it, at the L.A. County Fair since 1962 as part of the ...

A detailed review of the Sunset Models 3rd Rail Siemens Charger diesel locomotive, covering both SC-44 and ALC-42 types in O ...

The dinging warning bell and rumbling of the tracks. Clickety-clack. The whistle announcing the train cars passing by. Clickety-clack. Those sights and sounds will return to Shorewood through a public ...

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...