The historic Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive highlights the weekend's festivities.

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...

LAWRENCE — When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

As Santa begins his annual tour of malls and parades across the country, one stop on his calendar stands out: a trip to the state of Delaware where he'll climb aboard a historic locomotive and journey ...

While the golden age of rail travel is long in the past, retired boxcars and cabooses haven’t entirely lost their steam. Trains, it seems, are enjoying second acts as they’re being renovated and ...