LAKE BUENA VISTA | Fred Stewart was looking down the tracks for his train to come into the station. An eight-year veteran of the Walt Disney World railroad, he was waiting to begin his shift. Stewart ...

A storied veteran will soon come out of retirement to again scale mountains in southwest Colorado. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Locomotive No. 476 in February will take to the ...

It worked Nevada lumber mills in the 19th century, carried tourists to Truckee and Tahoe City in the 20th and graces the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City in the 21st. The 30-year restoration ...

Railroad buffs, rejoice: A historic locomotive has landed in Silver Plume to join the Georgetown Loop Railroad. A 1923 80-ton Shay steam locomotive arrived in Colorado on Monday, hauled in on a semi ...

An historic steam locomotive will celebrate a notable anniversary this month with a gala event and mini-beer festival. Edward Thomas is a narrow gauge locomotive built by Kerr Stuart company at ...

CHAMA, N.M.-- Hands sweating in borrowed leather gloves, I slowly ease the oversized brass lever toward me with an odd-sounding combination of brute strength and finesse. Ronnie Lopez nods ...

There are plenty of ways to discover North Wales’ incredible surroundings. But a journey on board one of North Wales’ narrow gauge locomotives is certainly the best way to enjoy what our region has to ...

How far is six million miles? A sixth of the way to Mars, to the Moon and back three times, around 250 circuits of the equator, or, to put it another way… an awfully long way. That is roughly how far ...

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On November 15, 1862, a steam locomotive travelled from Ranaghat Railway Junction (now in West Bengal, India) to Jagoti Railway Station in Kushtia (now in Bangladesh) to introduce rail communication ...