The loud choo choo and clanging of Santa Fe steam locomotive 2926 filled the air as it pulled in at Tractor Brewing Company on Fourth Street in Albuquerque on Saturday morning. Children excitedly blew ...
A bit of railroad history rolled through San Clemente on Sunday. For a day, Santa Fe Locomotive 3751, said to have pulled the last steam passenger train between Los Angeles and San Diego in August, ...
Today's installment for "Throwback Thursday" takes us to the southeast corner of the Kansas State Fairgrounds. In the middle 1950s, the railroads were making the conversion from steam to diesel ...
Example of an oil-burning steam engine, the 610 Texas & Pacific, made by Lima Locomotive Works, circa 1920s. Photo taken on March 2, 1977. Dallas News Staff Editor’s note: Take a look back in The ...
Americans heard the first rumble of a diesel locomotive trekking across the country in May 1936, when the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief passenger train began operating between Los Angeles and ...
Rock Island, IL – In July 2011, Rock Island will host America's Largest Celebration of Railroading of the year. It is only fitting that one of the largest operating steam locomotives in the world will ...