The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer on Thursday showed off a Class J #611 steam locomotive to promote trips to Lynchburg, Va., on April 8 and to Charlotte on April 9. Travelers will ride trains ...

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...

SPENCER — An iconic steam passenger engine built in 1950 is headed to Spencer for a complete restoration that should put the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 locomotive back on the rails, blowing her ...

Farewell to the Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611! This last-of-its kind locomotive from 1950 passed through New Cumberland on Monday as it made its way from Strasburg Rail Road to its next stop in ...

As well as being somewhat of a wunderkind in the 009 gauge railway modelling community, he has always loved steam trains.

Those of you who were not alive in the 1950s may be connected to toy trains through Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas revived train toy sales that had rapidly declined beginning in the 1960s. The decade ...

Q: I am 55. My childhood toy train set is still in its period cardboard box. The lettering on the top reads: “Stream Line Electric Train / Steam Type / Made in USA / Louis Marx & Co. / New York Office ...

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