(STAUNTON, VA) — The hills and hollows of the Shenandoah Valley will soon be hearing the “lonesome whistle blow” after long absence, thanks to Staunton’s Virginia Scenic Railway. For more than 70 ...

In November of 1945, the Pennsylvania Railroad rolled out the T1: the first of its new class of high-speed steam locomotives. Penned by the same hand that gave us the Coke bottle, the T1 was built ...

Long before there were bullet trains and high-speed light rail systems, people experimented with creating super-streamlined trains that could whisk people across the country in Googie splendor. In ...

Nineteen thirty-six had been a very good year at the Lima Locomotive Works. In its review of the year past on New Year’s Day 1937 the Lima News judged the plant’s resurgence second in importance only ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The annual Holiday Express steam locomotive rides begin again Friday, Nov. 26, after a one-year delay prompted by COVID-19 restrictions. The round trips from the ...

PEOPLE who have travelled in the new lightweight high-speed trains may have wondered why this new development has not come into wider use, and look forward to the time when most passenger trains will ...

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