The nearly century-old former Southern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive No. 2479 — along with a 122-year old roundhouse, turntable and water tower — is relocating from San Jose to Niles Station, ...

In the Amtrak era, Michigan has not been on a sleeping-car route! This quasi-isolation is the only explanation I can offer for why David P. Morgan, longtime Trains editor and steam-locomotive ...

Next October, the Bluebell Railway is to celebrate Railway 200 with its own event celebrating locomotives that have been built since the end of steam. The celebratory event is titled ‘Giants of Steam ...

LMS No. 46115 Scots Guardsman has been announced as a visitor to The Greatest Gathering. The Greatest Gathering is set to take place this August… ...

The wet steam, on the water issuing from the boiler, gives this minimum proportion. The apparatus to be fitted to the locomotive to admit of working counter-pressure steam as a brake, is as simple ...

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 ...

I don't know if you've noticed, but being the vinyl and turntable nerd that I am, I can't stop seeing and (to my wife's chagrin) pointing out every record player I see cropping up in seemingly ...

As a small boy, one of my favorite stories was my Uncle Curt’s tale about a hostler buddy of his who had ended his railroad career by putting most of a 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive into the ...

Grand Trunk Western S-3-c Mike 3751 is on the 85-foot turntable, which barely held a 4-8-4 ... Morgan, longtime Trains editor and steam-locomotive enthusiast extraordinaire, give the state short ...

The next Steam Next Fest runs from Monday, February 24 to Monday, March 3, 2025. We expect it to start at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET / 3am AEST. Steam Next Fest offers a combination of ...

Alongside that are plenty of new turntables flooding the market, from affordable Bluetooth-enabled models to premium purist designs, but they don't all come cheap. The start of the year isn't the ...