The Niles Canyon Railway tries to keep quiet about these things ahead of time, for fear that everyone and his uncle, his brother and his dog will show up. Nonetheless, more than a few train ...

Volunteers spent nearly a year rebuilding the diesel engine that once kept Andersen’s Bayport factory on track.

True love can heat up to become a really steamy affair. That’s exactly what happened in the case of the Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. “It was just ...

Age slowed old Locomotive No. 11 yesterday. The 1926-vintage steam engine was scheduled to arrive in Snoqualmie’s Gateway Park at 1 p.m. But it wasn’t until nearly an hour later that the 104-ton ...

Back in the passenger cars, day-trippers reclined in luxury's lap: deep-sunk seats, air conditioning and the lulling thrum of steel wheels on rails. But in Union Pacific 844's cab Sunday there was ...

The first-ever Union Station Summer Train Fest, the biggest railroad celebration in Los Angeles, rolled into the downtown depot on Saturday. The celebration featured vintage engines and cars, model ...

Ding-ding-ding. Clackety clack. WHOOOOOOT! Noises, first and foremost, are what people remember about trains. Not for nothing is "choo-choo" one of the first words most kids learn to say — somewhere ...

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As a frequent train traveler, I am unabashed in my love for Amtrak, but I know that today's trains lack the glamor and luxury of trains from the golden age of train travel decades ago. So when I heard ...

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