An Interview ‘Trains’ documentary director Maciej Drygas, who says that locomotive history represents the joy and the sadness ...

Q: What’s the story behind The General locomotive in Kennesaw? A: The General is best known for its role in the Great Locomotive Chase of the Civil War, also known as Andrews' Raid. The steam ...

The Northwest Railway Museum is completing a trade this week that will send a 1951 diesel engine from their collection to Nevada, and bring a 1940 locomotive from Longview to its original home in King ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Hundreds of railroad enthusiasts were in Jonesborough for a train show to highlight the region’s locomotive history. Hobbyists expanded their collections and enjoyed a ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — After years of restoration, the famous Rio Grande Southern Locomotive No. 20 rolled into the Colorado Railroad Museum Tuesday. For the past 12 years, it's been undergoing restoration ...

A beloved, giant artifact that was displayed at the Woodland Park Zoo for nearly 30 years – before it was unceremoniously sold off and shipped out of state decades ago – is on its way home to the ...

Jerry Jacobson was a young boy in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, living near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, when he first fell in love with steam trains. Fast forward more than 50 years, and dozens of objects ...

If you take a trip to visit the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, you might learn that the American Civil War was the first time that railroads played a significant role in a ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The reenactment will retrace the original route of the Andrews' Raid--an audacious mission on April 12, 1862, that ...

SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling across Oregon’s backroads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you might find along the way – not just the scenery, but interesting people who provide ...