The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is returning to West Chicago in June, and he’s bringing some friends. The earth-shaking, 1.2 ...

MILWAUKEE - At the Milwaukee County Zoo, the wild animals of all varieties are not the only fan favorite of visitors. "We love to go on the train. It’s a lot of fun," said Beth Zepeda, a teacher from ...

In this new column called Ask Madison, Madison O’Hara, a Victoria native and Advocate reporter, answers questions readers have about anything and everything to do with the Crossroads. Email your ...

The largest steam locomotive still in operation today will be chugging through the Erie region on June 8 & 9. John Last ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo sold its steam engines to a preservation society in the Wisconsin Dells. If you want to visit the Riverside and Greater Northern Railroad, it is open every day in the summer ...

The idea of a fully electric train is a pretty fantastic one, but there's a good reason why modern diesel-electric trains ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nickel Plate Road No. 765 steam locomotive heads into the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Fitzwater Maintenance Yard on April 24 ...

The locomotive Spirit of Adventure, the largest engine ever built by Exmoor Steam Railway, who will be visiting Lappa Valley ...