DANBURY — A group of railroad enthusiasts have raised over $66,000 to save a historic locomotive from the scrap yard and bring it to its new home at the Danbury Railway Museum. Known as #1127, the ...

The Union Pacific Railroad is restoring one of its last remaining steam engines, one of the largest in the world, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

SIR - In response to the letter What happened to steam engine Victoria, T&A Thursday April 30, by Mr B A Barraclough. The locomotive was allocated to Low Moor shed (56F) during the latter days of its ...

Illinois Central steam locomotive No. 790 had spent 55 years in freight service and was headed for the scrap yard in 1959 when “railfan” Lou Keller bought it and brought it to Cedar Rapids from ...