Kansas's only heritage railroad overhauling 1919 steam engine with volunteer help
A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only ...
Antiques: Train lanterns used to light the way
For the latter half of the 19th century and up through WWI, there was tremendous growth in the railroad sector, and lanterns ...
Historic steam locomotive returns to Darlington ahead of new exhibition
Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.
The classic Australian railway film that took its cameraman to a Hollywood career
Made in 1974, the 21-minute film is an ‘ode to steam’ that launched the Oscar-winning career of its cameraman.
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Railroad Museum welcomes Curator of Education, bringing STEAM-ing hot Sunday series, new activities in Carson City
Earlier this month, the Nevada State Railroad Museum welcomed its new Curator of Education Chenay Pointer, and she has ...
Freight trains return to Lackawaxen rail yard; quarry stone being sent out
A freight railroad transloading company is operating at Lackawaxen, taking delivery of crushed local quarry stone for ...
Steam train celebration takes visitors back in time
Visitors to East Lancashire Railway have been given the opportunity to ride up and down the 12-and-a-half-mile (20km) ...
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Railway 200 Events Update
Railway 200 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. So far, over 300 events celebrating the past, ...
Baltimore’s Ma and Pa Railroad may be gone, it remains forever on time
Today people who were not alive when its smoke-spewing coal-fired trains passed through Remington, Wyman Park, Roland Park, ...
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Luxury steam train to wind through Cumbria next month
A luxury steam train journey will skirt along the Cumbrian coast next month. Step back in time to a golden age of rail travel and enjoy a luxurious steam powered journey with ‘spectacular’ views of ...
As California Transitions Trains From Diesel, Questions Emerge About Use Of Hydrogen Fuel
A number of scientists and academics are sounding the alarm about California's plans to implement passenger rail trains that are powered by hydrogen -- an ostensibly green technology that would ...