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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seven steam locomotive replicas are going on auction in Newbury today. The models are expected to sell for up to £200,000 at the Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions. The collection was owned by the late ...

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 ...

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 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) has launched a bento box in the shape of a steam locomotive to mark the sixth anniversary of bonding with the Taipei Branch of Japan’s ...