The historic 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive is about to set off on the first portion of its coast-to-coast tour.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific’s Big Boy will spend the Fourth of July in Philadelphia to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, the railroad said today (March 20) in a message to its ...

The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has transferred ownership of Steam Locomotive 5288 to the Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust of Boyertown, Pa. The partnership will return to Pennsylvania a ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...

Five steam locomotives, destined for preservation at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, are the focus of a $50,000 matching fund challenge. The museum is running a $250,000 Ready for the Roundhouse ...

Experience engineering brilliance at this Pennsylvania landmark, where craftsmanship and innovation are on full display.