Chuffing, hissing and moaning, steam engines are like mythic creatures — dragonlike spectacles that draw a crowd wherever they go. But in October 1956, the era of daily steam engines was ending in San ...

That historic steam locomotive — Southern Pacific Engine 745 — was a fixture at Audubon Park from 1956 until 1984. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, No. 745 was one of several ...

Fargo's rails will take a step back in the past this week when a steam locomotive rolls through town. The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 will make a stop in Fargo today and Thursday during its ...

Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. “I want to run Big Boy across the country,” CEO Jim Vena told ...

At the southern end of the Kern County Museum’s Pioneer Village sits a grand turn-of-the-century steam locomotive, an impressive nod to a bygone era, that will be celebrated in July, 69 years after it ...