The relocation of the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway steam engine displayed near 14th Street West has begun as the coal tender attached to the locomotive displayed in Huntington since 1962 was ...

In the old days, when an accident had a rail line shut down, it was time to call the big hook, rugged cranes built for the biggest chores in the rail industry. The driving wheels of a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The restoration of a World War 2-era steam locomotive, Number 576, is forging ahead at full speed, as it finally receives its wheels back. With the support of the Nashville ...

Milwaukee Road No. 261 has steamed more than a million miles since it rolled out of a factory in eastern New York state 66 years ago, but on Tuesday, it was the locomotive’s trip of six feet — ...

It was as though history was being made. When an 1885 V-class steam locomotive and a coal tender were drawn from the Oreti River in Southland yesterday it seemed a new chapter would be added to an old ...

A RELIC of the steam age which has stood still for 40 years is to be brought back into working use at a North-East museum. The 12ft water crane, dating from the turn of the last century, was used to ...

Here’s a fascinating look at high-tech manufacturing in the 1930’s. This week’s Retrotechtacular features the building of a steam-powered locomotive. The quality of the black and white footage, and ...

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