BELGRAVE, Australia, Nov 2 (Reuters) - While the discovery of steam power 200 years ago drove the industrial revolution, the world long ago shunted most steam trains onto the sidings of history. But ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — This weekend saw the third annual "East Broad Top Goes To War: Living History" event at the famous railroad. People got to ride a century-old steam locomotive, tour the ...

The first thing you might notice about the restored locomotive departing from Old Sacramento is the billowing cloud of steam pouring out of the shiny, black engine, stamped with the name Granite Rock ...

Railfest 2025 continues Sunday at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton. The annual event celebrates railroading’s past, present and future with train rides, special demonstrations, exhibits ...

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, the replacement ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 – The world’s largest steam locomotive. Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, is coming back to Houston and will be on public display this weekend as part of ...

Steam trains, 19th century railways, and majestic redwood forests are all part of America’s unique national treasure. What better way to celebrate each of them than by bringing them together in one ...

From Zilker Park Boat Rentals on Lady Bird Lake to the Austin Steam Train, see how Austin's boats and trains turned from transit to recreation.

A piece of rail history in Albuquerque is getting a facelift, as a local organization looks to return the turntable downtown ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A piece of American history will be on ...

An ambitious campaign to extend a popular heritage steam railway to Louth has been given a significant fillip.