The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad engineer and fireman school poses with instructors in front of the Engine 487 at the summit of Cumbres Pass in Colorado. In the thick of swirling plumes of ...

In November of 1945, the Pennsylvania Railroad rolled out the T1: the first of its new class of high-speed steam locomotives. Penned by the same hand that gave us the Coke bottle, the T1 was built ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio CHAMA, N.M. — In the thick of swirling plumes of coal-fired smoke and greasy engine parts, 11 men, mostly middle-aged ...

Steam engines are antiquated machines that most people probably can’t say they’ve ever seen run in person, much less in actual service. Tuesday morning, however, a few Pennsylvanians bore witness to a ...

CHAMA, N.M.-- Hands sweating in borrowed leather gloves, I slowly ease the oversized brass lever toward me with an odd-sounding combination of brute strength and finesse. Ronnie Lopez nods ...

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 ...

A PAYING ADULT. GET IN FREE. WELL, YOU CAN SEE A PIECE OF RAILROAD HISTORY UP CLOSE IN ROSEVILLE THIS MORNING. UNION PACIFIC’S BIG BOY, THE LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD, ARRIVED IN ...

The smells and sounds of locomotive travel get the audience in the mood for a theatrical adaptation of the beloved children’s book. Credit...Video by Ellie Smith For The New York Times Supported by By ...