This family holiday favorite has its roots in the history of the American railroad Lauren Degener, Social Media Manager & Web Content Manager, B&O Railroad Museum Every holiday season, The Polar ...

Documents the secret, overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newly-built steam locomotive Tornado, between Newcastle and York on the East Coast Main Line, the first time that such a speed ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting November 21st, 2002 - Buy America's Steam Trains: Challenger 3985 - The Worlds Largest Operating Steam Locomotive DVD ...

The 80-year-old locomotive underwent reconstruction, boiler refurbishment and repairs to the superheaters in the past year.

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 ...

Clint Bentley's intimate historical drama, Train Dreams, is set in the age of the steam locomotive and westward expansion, and centers on a logger in the Pacific Northwest.

Restored Sierra No. 3 steam engine resumes excursions at Railtown 1897. Engine No. 3 features in major films, resumes service after 2021–2025 overhaul. Restored locomotive draws fans through October ...

The coal was hot. The crew were ready. On July 3rd, 1938, the 4468 Mallard, an A4-class steam locomotive, was performing an alleged brake test for its London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owners.

Chuffing, hissing and moaning, steam engines are like mythic creatures — dragonlike spectacles that draw a crowd wherever they go. But in October 1956, the era of daily steam engines was ending in San ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...