Overview of photography by Mike Eagleson now available at the Industrial Archive & Library based in Bethlehem, Pa.

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

Union Pacific Railroad celebrated Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who created the railroad and connected the nation through ...

The Elmdon Model Engineering Society in conjunction with the Transport Museum, Wythall is auctioning a 7¼-inch-gauge steam locomotive.

Missouri Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, display a variety typical of their era. The “MoPac,” as it was called, ...

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

The National Railway Museum has announced some more details of what Flying Scotsman will get up to in 2025. Flying Scotsman's ...

Typically held in the fall, this year's appearance of an historic steam engine chugging along the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic ...

American Flyer’s No. 303 Reading Lines 4-4-2 Atlantic steam engine and tender helped to inspire a young boy growing up near Chicago back in the middle 1950s to first consider how he might make ...

Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. is auctioning off Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 No. 587, shown during its excursion career for the Indiana Transportation Museum. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. IRVINE, Ky. — A ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.