Dubbed a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive because of its wheel arrangement, the locomotive is on a tour to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. Weighing in at nearly 550 tons, the ...

It hasn’t run in decades, its boiler is cold, and its steel bones are scattered in pieces across a rail yard — but for $50,000, the dream of breathing life into a century-old steam locomotive, and ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2926 will now be able to stack up additional mainline miles. The locomotive's owner and operator, New Mexico Heritage Rail, announced that the ...

Unfortunately, the Baldwin did exactly that, running out of coal in Independence. Blanchard had to fetch 10 buckets full from the railroad's stockpile, so owner Scott Symans, of Dunkirk, N.Y., could ...