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 ...

Aug. 26—Farmers from throughout Lewis County came to Ethel last weekend with their prized classic tractors for the second annual Olsen Field Progress Days festival. Throughout the weekend, the ...

A classic steam locomotive pulled into the BNSF depot at 11:45 a.m. Sunday after departing the Twin Cities at 9:15 pulling a string of passenger cars. Hundreds showed up for the rare spectacle. The ...

Attention, Illinois train lovers: You've got one last chance to catch Union Pacific's iconic 4014 Big Boy steam engine before the locomotive chugs away. The classic train stopped in three Illinois ...

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, the replacement ...

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