(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 ...

Wonders of Sodor players have beaten the real world speed record for a steam train, held by Mallard since 1938.

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 ...

Steam locomotives are the closest thing humans have created to a living ‘thing’. They require finesse and careful attention to get the best out of them, need to be warmed up gently and then disposed ...

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 ...