I loved building them and putting them on display - it’s a wrench parting with them but I think the time is right now' ...

At Maker Faire this weekend. tucked in between a building full of homegrown foodstuffs and a rock polishing booth is the Bay Area Garden Railway Society (BAGRS). They’re running a few live steam ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

In the lower levels of Cincinnati Museum Center sits a treasure visited by thousands of Tri-State families for generations.

SHIMANTO, Kochi Prefecture--There are train buffs, and then there is Sadao Kamioka, whose devotion to steam locomotives is on an entirely different level. Kamioka's love of steam locomotives runs so ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

This is a model of the Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive to operate in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the first to operate outside of Britain. The model was based on the replica ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

NAGOYA -- A life-sized cardboard mockup of a C62 steam locomotive has been assembled in the lobby of Chukyo TV Broadcasting Co. in this city's Nakamura Ward as a part of a railway event running Nov. 2 ...

Electric and steam locomotives were enjoyed by visitors at the Tiverton Model Engineering Society’s open day. Worthy Moor near Rackenford hosted the annual open day on Saturday, June 1. Chairman, ...

It’s a cliché to refer to a decade as a “decade of change.” In the summation of our nation’s history, what decade wasn’t a ...

Bullet trains may steal their thunder, but these locomotives offer an unrivaled way to see Japan’s most beautiful landscapes. Looking for a fall getaway in Japan? Train travelers can hop aboard the SL ...