A thrilling ride on a high-steed steam locomotive is featured in this article from June 1950 Trains Magazine by then-Editor ...

And Hill, now 86, continues his career of railroad work as a full-time BNSF steam engineer. Hill said he made a career of railroad work because he enjoys working with machinery and because the job ...

A Casper man’s lifelong passion for railroading led to a career as a passenger train conductor. The 82-year-old loves trains ...

The world’s largest steam locomotive, built to haul war supplies during World War II, will pull into Villa Grove on Sept. 9. Jackson Vandeventer, a train conductor-engineer for Decatur ...

For over 40 years, Chief Engineer Ray Pimlott was instrumental in overseeing the maintenance and operation of the Tilden Park Steam Train. During one family’s visit, he patiently explained the ...

This was the first steam locomotive to run on a commercial line in America. In 1831, he became the Chief Engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad and was the first railroad engineer to design a ...

The words “President Washington,” lettered in gold under the engineer’s cab ... s Carroll Park. The locomotive never suffered the fate of its similar steam-powered machines that were ...

As you ride the train, you’ll see the classic steam rise from the engine as the ... via advanced booking or flagging down the engineer by “waving your hands horizontally between your knees ...

Back then, the steam train lengths were about 30 to 35 cars versus present day diesel trains which are a mile-long. In a 2017 article Jim Cole, a retired civil engineer, wrote, he explains what ...

One of the most famous and beloved steam locomotives at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park — Sierra No. 3 — is expected to ...