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For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...
All aboard: NC Transportation Museum offers spring trips on trains pulled by 1950s steam locomotive Published 12:29 am Friday, March 24, 2017 ...
Visitors to Strasburg Rail Road this month have the rare opportunity to see Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 up close. The behemoth of a steam locomotive is on showcase for many public events ...
The Norfolk & Western 611, often regarded as one of the most iconic steam locomotives in history, stands as a testament to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of steam engineering. From its debut in 1950 ...
An examination of three Fairbanks-Morse locomotive models that, for one reason or another, failed to achieve commercial ...
"It was back in the 1950s and the 1960s when the Bulleid Pacific steam locomotives hauled express trains from London to Southampton, Bournemouth, Dorchester and Weymouth.
Swanage Railway volunteer commercial director Alex Atkins said: “With a wide range of steam locomotives operating on passenger and demonstration freight trains—spanning from the 1890s to the 1950s—as ...
This last-of-its kind locomotive from 1950 passed through New Cumberland on Monday as it made its way from Strasburg Rail Road to its next stop in North Carolina. You can watch the train moving ...
"Steam locomotives disappeared in Britain in the 1950s," said Andrew J. Scott, curator of British Railway Museum, who has visited many countries to appreciate steam locomotives.
The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne over the weekend for a big debut after five years of restoration. It then headed toward Utah as ...
With a top speed of 125 km/h, “B” (“Bryansky”) was the fastest steam locomotive in the Russian Empire in the 1910s. It managed to survive both world wars and operated until the mid-1950s ...