10 must-visit historic railroad towns will involve a journey through railroading’s past and present in these iconic ...

The non-profit Lake States Railway Historical Association has announced presenters for its expanded Railroad History ...

A prototype image of ... the road switcher topped out at 80 smph. That's 15 mph faster than the prototype maximum speed. Then I took the locomotive over to the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy State ...

Electric traction was used over significant parts of Milwaukee Road’s route in the Rockies, Bitterroot, and Cascade Mountains, including a 440-mile stretch between Harlowton, Montana and Avery, Idaho.

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

On a steamy June night in 1938, a thunder cloud parked itself over the badlands near Terry in eastern Montana, unleashing a torrent of rain that sent roiling waters raging ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

This spring, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is bringing back its Steam in the Valley event, featuring the Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive 765, one of the only fully operational mainline ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

Nearly 25 years ago, the former Milwaukee Road Depot was turned into the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot.

CN anticipates this initiative to further progress hybrid locomotive technology. Credit: Svetlana123/Shutterstock. Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a ...