Maciej Drygas’ documentary Trains uses archival footage to depict the history of the locomotive industry in the 20th century. Using private archives, some never-before-seen footage and even ...

LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at ...

A diesel locomotive that once served Metra riders in Chicago has made its way to the Quad Cities through a donation to the ...

The Northwest Railway Museum is completing a trade this week that will send a 1951 diesel engine from their collection to Nevada, and bring a 1940 locomotive from Longview to its original home in King ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — America’s first passenger steam locomotive took its first trip in Charleston on Christmas Day, 1830, marking a milestone in American transportation history. The train was ...

The old-fashioned toot of the steam whistle heralded the arrival of steam locomotive No. 8444 – one of the last operating steam locomotives – near the Expo ’74 grounds. It was hauling eight train cars ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

CHEYENNE — This summer marks two huge milestones for the Cheyenne Depot: 20 years of Fridays on the Plaza and Depot Days, seasonal staples for the capital city. Like clockwork, Depot Days is here once ...