Locomotive Services Ltd (LSL) has acquired one of the four Class 57/3s put up for sale recently by Direct Rail Services.

A big piece of Americana passed through eastern Pennsylvania on Thursday, as part of a coast-to-coast tour in celebration of America’s 250th birthday Saturday. People all across America have been ...

Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, will make its way into the Philadelphia region on Thursday as part of its first East Coast tour. The heritage ...

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, has been attracting record crowds across Pennsylvania as part of a historic coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s ...

Union Pacific’s No. 4014 “Big Boy,” the world’s largest steam locomotive in operation, is coming to the area this week as it wraps up a nationwide tour. The massive locomotive — 133 feet long and ...

It’s a rolling, hissing piece of history that has been drawing huge crowds as it makes its way across the United States. And it’s headed for Berks County this week. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, ...

The return of the last steam locomotive built on the Isle of Man has highlighted the importance of preserving industrial heritage for future generations, according to an engineer. Annie was built by ...

To commemorate American innovation in this semiquincentennial year, the Virginia Scenic Railway has fired up a “Summer of Steam,” powered by the Norfolk & Western 611 steam locomotive. WMRA’s Meredith ...

With the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary soon approaching, the Chicago area’s commuter railroad is marking the occasion with a locomotive – manufactured by a LaGrange-based ...

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