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Raleigh's steam-era locomotive roundhouses: Then and now Historic images found in the State Archives of North Carolina show how the roundhouse and turntable looked during the era of steam locomotives.
The locomotive was built in 1926 by the Richmond, Virginia, works of the American Locomotive Company. Contained within Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 6, Folder: 6 Contact ...
Local train lovers are busy restoring the Frisco No. 4500 to its former glory. The wheels on the Frisco No. 4500 don't turn like they used to, but its future in Tulsa is still on track. The ...
On Saturday, the mighty locomotive moved itself down the tracks under its own steam power for the first time in many long years. The 2926 is one of the largest passenger engines ever built.
With the Queen of Steam finally back in town after over four years, the Virginia Museum of Transportation will welcome visitors on Saturday.
The locomotive had just been unhooked from the El Capitan passenger train from Chicago at 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 25, 1948, when the accident occurred.
The world's largest operating steam locomotive - Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 - rolled into and through Dallas in September and is back in Fort Worth in October.