WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Northeast Large Scale Train Show, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society is coming to the Eastern State Exposition fairgrounds April 28 and 29. Just like ...

REPUBLIC, Mo. — With a goal of keeping history alive, steam engines and antique tractors returned to Republic loud and proud this weekend for the annual Steam-O-Rama event. Many people in attendance ...

Many young and old spectators were fascinated by small-scale train tracks, steam engines and all things model engineering over the weekend’s Cape Town Society of Model and Experimental Engineers ...

A technology which works on a large scale can cause unexpected problems on a small one. And these can be of a fundamental nature. This is because different laws prevail in the micro- and the ...

Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson and Classic Toy Trains’ Editor Rene Schweitzer unbox an all-new, precise O scale (1;48, 2-rail & 3-rail options) Siemens Charger and a GE P42DC locomotives from ...

It’s been nearly four decades since it operated. But today, after 10 years of restoration, the 115-ton stationary steam engine is in full working condition and you can see it in action at Bethlehem’s ...

In the eyes of anyone who loves railroading, Norman L. Warfield Sr., a retired Amtrak locomotive engineer, was a lucky man. During his lifetime, he got to play with real locomotives and diminutive ...

— Humans have been using steam power since as early as the first century. Before electricity, steam was a preferred method of energy for engines dating back to the 1500s. Though the modern steam ...