The train moved under its own power for the first time since 1952, following more than 30 years of restoration work by museum ...

The City of Stillwater owns a steam locomotive. Did you know that? Neither did some members of the Stillwater City Council, who recently learned that the city owns Northern Pacific Locomotive No. 328, ...

Auburn used to be a serious railroad town. “Auburn was the western terminus of the Northern Pacific,” said Gary Tarbox, director emeritus of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. “There was a double ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...