The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a stop in Altoona as thousands gathered to greet the train Tuesday and send it off Wednesday morning. The 4014 is the only operational Big Boy steam ...

They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive. It’s not something an electric motor can give you, ever ...

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena says he wants the world’s heaviest operational steam locomotive — Big Boy 4014 — to make its first ...

Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

In the late 1950s, photographer O. Winston Link decided to document the end of an era -- capturing steam trains in pictures and sound recordings. Using an 80-pound tape recorder hooked up to a ...

ALL ABOARD! Grab your finest pyjamas and a heart open to the magic of Christmas – it’s time to ride the Polar Express in Bryson City, North Carolina and pick up Santa from the North Pole Village.

Read full article: ‘Disney Very Merriest After Hours’ event brings back parade and fireworks show Disney volunteers get results for 'A Gift For Teaching' by collecting thousands of school supplies ...

Everybody loves trains, don’t they? Particularly the old ones; the chug-chug, clickety-clack, smoke-stacked steam locomotives of days gone by. Historically, they were the 19th/early-20th centuries’ ...

If you ever manage to take a peek inside the train operator's compartment on the subway, the whole operation might strike you as kind of simple. There aren't a whole lot of controls to work with. But ...

Run by heritage rail company Steam Dreams Rail Co., the 1940s-style steam train will be making a triumphant return for two ...

A group of visitors to Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad recently spent an evening around a campfire howling and singing along to such classics as “Home on the Range” and “Take Me Home, Country ...