The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) is transferring historic Locomotive 5288 to a preservation trust in Pennsylvania. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust will ...

Five steam locomotives, destined for preservation at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, are the focus of a $50,000 matching fund challenge. The museum is running a $250,000 Ready for the Roundhouse ...

The historic GG1 Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive No. 4859 was returned to its display area Saturday at the Harrisburg Transportation Center, following restoration of track at the station.Both the ...

UPDATE: The GG1 was pulled into the Harrisburg train station around 10:40 a.m., and was in place at 11:05 a.m. The historic GG1 Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive No. 4859 will be returned to its ...

On Sunday, Oct. 21, 1957, the fires in the last steam locomotives assigned to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Northumberland roundhouse were allowed to die, bringing to a close an era that had begun more ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has started construction of a six-stall roundhouse for the display of its historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. Patrick Morrison, director, Railroad ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — It’s all clear for a new project at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...

The MTA signed off on a $386 million hybrid locomotive order by tacking it onto an existing deal, continuing a pattern of ballooning contract modifications on the taxpayers’ dime that dodge public ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has met a $50,000 matching grant challenge by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, with funds designated for the preservation of five historic ...

A train ride is often only as good as the landscapes it has to offer, even if they're brief glimpses away from a book or a cellphone. A new ranking from USA Today's 10Best series holds one central ...