From the 1870s through the 1950's, steam locomotives pulled long trains through the mountains of West Virginia, trailing plumes of gray smoke. After most of the coal was mined, and the more efficient ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad came to Sanford in 1870 along with a new depot. Trains stopped and passed through Sanford for the next 100 years. The antique depot was taken out of service in 1947 ...