(NEXSTAR) — The ground rumbles. A billowing cloud of steam forms in the sky. Then suddenly, the 1.2 million-pound locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 is pulling into a station near you. It won’t be ...

Here's how you can get a glimpse of the Union Pacific's iconic Big Boy locomotive when she makes her way through Northeast ...

The life of a locomotive is often one without much fanfare. Countless locomotives dutifully serve their railroads, only to see themselves tossed to the scrapyard once their useful lives end. Even rare ...

Roanoke, Va., headquarters of the former Norfolk & Western Railway and once known as the "Alamo for Steam," is home to the renowned East End Shops. This facility, still standing today, was where the ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

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