SPRINGFIELD, Wis. (AP) - The American Locomotive Co. was once one of the largest builders of steam engines in the world. In 1907, six years after the New York company was formed by a merger of the ...

The Timber Heritage Museum last month signed a $400,000 contract to restore an old steam locomotive it hopes will be the main attraction to a proposed Humboldt Bay tourist train. The agreement with ...

GENESEE TWP, MI -- Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission officials are preparing to complete the assessment of Steam Locomotive #464 for a rebuild to continue to provide rides for years to ...

JAMESTOWN, Calif.--Stephanie Tadlock is a steam nerd. For years, Tadlock has been a volunteer at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park here in California's Gold Country, the country's longest continuously ...

A 1949 diesel locomotive that once hauled lumber and window frames through Andersen Corp.’s Bayport factory is running again ...

Book of the week From about 1880 to 1955 – the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's steam locomotive repair shops were a dominant industrial presence and driving economic force in Albuquerque. A ...

What do "The Avengers," "Transformers," and "Terminator Salvation" have in common? They all filmed at the abandoned steam locomotive repair shops in Albuquerque, N.M. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...

Although Rock Island passenger trains first came through Oelwein in 1877, the company that earned Oelwein its nickname as the Hub City was the Chicago Great Western, which was founded in 1892. The CGW ...

Steve Roudebush, co-owner of SPEC Machine near Middleton, installs a custom brass bearing on a 1907 Chicago & North Western locomotive the company is rebuilding. The $2 million project has been ...

TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD — The American Locomotive Co. was once one of the largest builders of steam engines in the world. In 1907, six years after the New York company was formed by a merger of the ...