The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a stop in Altoona as thousands gathered to greet the train Tuesday and send it off Wednesday morning. The 4014 is the only operational Big Boy steam ...

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph ...

Life is full of wonderful occupational prospects when you're 6 or 7: professional Wiffle ball player or coloring-book artist, designer of Jetsons-style flying cars and, best of all, steam-locomotive ...

KYOTO -- Two steam locomotives preserved and exhibited at the Kyoto Railway Museum blew their whistles in an event held ahead of the 150th anniversary of the opening of Japan's first railroad to ...

FRESNO, Calif. — There is such a thing as love at first sight – or sound – and it can carry you through a lifetime. Jack Elwood of Fresno, who will turn 97 next month, knows this well. Growing up two ...

BATHURST will once again welcome the sound of steam locomotives for the June long weekend, after Transport Heritage NSW confirmed its line-up for the Bathurst Steam Weekend.